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Thesaurus: unballasted

Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

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  1. a. Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.
  2. a. Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
  3. 1. Etym: [Properly p. p. unballast.] Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast. 2. Etym: [Pref. un- not + ballasted.] Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits. Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. De Quincey.
  4. a. Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast. a. Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.