outgunned
See also: out-gunned
English
Verb
outgunned
- past participle of outgun
Adjective
outgunned (comparative more outgunned, superlative most outgunned)
- Having insufficient weapons.
- The fighters were hugely outgunned against the regular army.
- 2002 February 17, “Environmentalists warn cutbacks could devastate programs, Funds are needed from every government level, not just from municipalities and private donations, conservationists say”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:
- The opposite is true, said Dulcie Flaherty, executive director of the Montgomery County Lands Trust: "We are very outgunned. We need to have funding […]
- 2003, Philip R. N. Katcher, The Army of Northern Virginia: Lee's army in the American Civil War, page 50:
- They greatly extended the battlefield and made the 6-pounder even more outgunned in action.
- 2004, Michael B. Ballard, Vicksburg: the campaign that opened the Mississippi, page 239:
- Cockrell's men, becoming more outgunned with every passing minute, finally retreated back over the ridge and re-formed, supported by a Mississippi regiment.
Translations
having insufficient weapons
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Anagrams
- untongued