unballasted

English

Etymology

un- +‎ ballasted

Adjective

unballasted (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (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

not stabilised with ballast

• Greek: ανερμάτιστος (el) (anermátistos)
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