(v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
(v. t.) To marry (one) to a superior.
(n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.
Example Sentences:
(1) The overmatching was greatest during the first 5 second period following the conditioning contraction, and during the subsequent 20 seconds it gradually declined to near reference levels.
(2) In the first experiment extension of the arm immediately following conditioning increased the error, in the second it slightly decreased it, although tension continued to be overmatched.
(3) While it's not a guarantee that the Tigers would have won the ALCS had they started Game Three at home leading 2-0 rather than tied 1-1, Ortiz's grand slam altered the entire feel of a series which began with the Red Sox looking utterly overmatched by the Detroit Tigers pitchers.
(4) Vibration, noise, meteorologic conditions overmatch the normal parameters.
(5) Response proportions overmatched reinforcer proportions to a greater extent at long component durations in the closed economy, but there was no systematic effect of component duration on responding in the open economy.
(6) Third, the conditions for efficiency overmatching in a cohort study are different from the conditions in a case-control study.
(7) Regardless, Boston swept an overmatched Colorado team and won their second title in four seasons.
(8) In the north, a depleted Night's Watch seems overmatched against the inexorable Wall advances of Mance Rayder's army of wildlings, which in turn is being trailed by an even more formidable foe: the undead White Walkers.
(9) And as he showed in his bout with Brazeau, the apparently overmatched Dauphin can be an effective counter-puncher.
(10) Russia “could introduce [weapons] much more quickly than the US”, he said, adding that US arms “would be overmatched by Russian escalation”.
(11) Booing your own Championship team when overmatched by an opponent performing at an unbelievable level?
(12) In both experiments subjects reported an accurate match using significantly more than the reference force ("overmatched") after an m.v.c.
(13) Floyd Mayweather coasted to a one-sided unanimous decision over the hopelessly overmatched Andre Berto before 13,395 fans on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
(14) In addition, both the original and the purely algebraic versions of matching theory can be asserted in forms that allow for commonly observed deviations from matching (bias, undermatching, and overmatching).
(15) Firefighters are not yet overmatched, but they are overstretched.
Overwatch
Definition:
(v. t.) To watch too much.
(v. t.) To weary or exhaust by watching.
Example Sentences:
(1) British forces will remain in Afghanistan for at least five more years to support Afghan troops in an "overwatch role", the foreign secretary, David Miliband , said today.
(2) However that does not mean the end of international support for the Afghan forces … and the so-called overwatch role that has developed for the circumstances of Iraq will remain an issue beyond that," he said.
(3) British and US forces remain in what they call "overwatch", which is to say in much the same profile as they were before.