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outclass

[ out-klas, -klahs ]

/ ˌaʊtˈklæs, -ˈklɑs /

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin of outclass

First recorded in 1865–70; out- + class

Words nearby outclass

outbreeding, outbuilding, outburst, outcast, outcaste, outclass, outclimb, outcome, outcrop, outcross, outcry

Example sentences from the Web for outclassed

Some disadvantages are actually advantages; underdogs that “win” are never as outclassed as they initially seem.

Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book |Thomas Flynn |October 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I had not even a knife, and had I possessed one I was outnumbered and outclassed.

Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion |G. Hamilton-Browne
These unfortunates do not like hard, manual work; they cannot do it well; they are outclassed in it.

Analyzing Character |Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb
As an entirely impartial and unbiased spectator, friend, I should say that you are outclassed.

The Fighting Shepherdess |Caroline Lockhart

He was outclassed and outmanned and like to be even dispossessed by a most powerful and determined enemy.

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |Charles L. Marson
One gang, of brawny Cappadocians, outclassed any but the Emperor's own.

The Unwilling Vestal |Edward Lucas White

British Dictionary definitions for outclassed

outclass

/ (ˌaʊtˈklɑːs) /

verb (tr)

to surpass in class, quality, etc

to defeat easily