overweighing
Tipping the scales
Overweighing is giving something more importance or consideration than it deserves.
In statistics and research, it means assigning too much weight to certain data points or factors: The model was overweighing recent results.
More broadly, it describes any disproportionate emphasis: She's overweighing one bad review against dozens of positive ones.
Loading beyond capacity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- heavinessState of being weighty
- loadCarried weight or burden
pressure · drag · oppression · overwhelming · taxing · overloading · crushing · smothering
Excessive importance placed
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- distortionTwisting from original state
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- imbalanceLack of proportion
favoring · prioritizing · inflating · magnifying · exaggerating · slanting · tilting · lopsidedness
Dwelling excessively on thoughts
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessingThinking about compulsively
- dwellingPlace of residence
overanalyzing · catastrophizing · magnification · worry · preoccupation · overestimating · misjudging · anxiety
Measure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- tareUnladen container weight
- excessSurplus beyond need
- heavyOf great mass
overload · miscalculation · inaccuracy · surplus · overage · balance · tolerance · deviation
overburdening
Loading beyond capacity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- heavinessState of being weighty
load · pressure · drag · oppression · overwhelming · taxing · overloading · crushing · smothering · stifling
overemphasis
Excessive importance placed
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- distortionTwisting from original state
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
imbalance · favoring · prioritizing · inflating · magnifying · exaggerating · slanting · tilting · lopsidedness · asymmetry
overthinking
Dwelling excessively on thoughts
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessingThinking about compulsively
dwelling · overanalyzing · catastrophizing · magnification · worry · preoccupation · overestimating · misjudging · anxiety
scale
Measure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- tareUnladen container weight
- excessSurplus beyond need
heavy · overload · miscalculation · inaccuracy · surplus · overage · balance · tolerance · deviation · error
overweighingundervaluing
Judging below true worth
underestimating · discounting · downplaying · minimizing · de-emphasizing
overweighingbalancing
Achieving equal distribution
equalizing · evening out · matching · proportioning · calibrating
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