Outmeasured

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To experience being surpassed in size or scope by another entity
2. To be quantitatively outdone or exceeded in terms of measurement or capacity by someone
3. To be exceeded in size, amount, or degree by another entity

Etymology: "Outmeasured" is the past tense and past participle of "outmeasure," a verb formed from the prefix "out-" and the verb "measure." The prefix "out-" is an old and productive English element meaning "beyond," "more than," or "surpassing," as in "outrun" or "outlast," and it attaches freely to verbs to mean doing something better, further, or to a greater extent than someone or something else. Measure itself comes ultimately from Latin "mensura," the act or result of measuring, which passed into English through Old French. Combined with "out-," the verb takes on its specific sense: one thing's extent, size, or amount is found to exceed another's. The construction is transparent, so the word's meaning can be read straight from its parts.

Synonyms: surpassed, exceeded