(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.
Undermatch
Definition:
(n.) One who is not a match for another.
Example Sentences:
(1) For B(1) and B(2) measured as numbers of responses, a tended to fall short of 1.0 (undermatching).
(2) The procedural variations that lead to undermatching appear to be those that produce (a) asymmetrical pausing that favors the poorer alternative; (b) systematic temporal variation in preference that favors the poorer alternative; and (c) patterns of responding that involve changing over between alternatives or brief bouts at the alternatives.
(3) While such hysteresis could cause undermatching when only a small number of sessions are arranged in a condition, undermatching in a stable-state performance probably arises elsewhere.
(4) Of the two experimenters who contributed the most data, one generally found undermatching, while the other generally found matching.
(5) The results of all subjects revealed undermatching.
(6) 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).