unballasted
English
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editunballasted (not comparable)
- (shipping) Not loaded or stabilised with ballast.
- 1922, Bertrand W. Sinclair, The Hidden Places[1]:
- Then, as if the clouds had discharged their aqueous cargo and rode light as unballasted ships, they lifted in aerial fleets and sailed away, white in a blue sky.
- (figurative) Unstable, liable to flounder.
- 1908, Allen Chapman, Bart Stirling's Road to Success[2]:
- It was a rickety concern, was unballasted, and looked as if, loosely thrown together, it had never filled its original mission and had been practically abandoned.
Translations
editnot stabilised with ballast
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