Unballasted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unballasted is an adjective meaning (shipping) Not loaded or stabilised with ballast.
Meaning
(shipping) Not loaded or stabilised with ballast.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Unstable, liable to flounder.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unloaded, unpalleted, unbuoyed, unmunitioned, unfreighted, unboarded.
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