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Meaning of outstatistic | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To look better, or more impressive, when described using statistics.
    transitive
  2. To use statistics to win an argument.
  3. To know or give more statistics about a specified topic.

Examples

“Although badly “outstatistic-ed,” the Grizzlies looked a very respectable football team.”
“We outstatisticked the Crusaders but could not capitalize on scoring chances.”
“Numerically, fiberglass boats outstatisticked wood and aluminum, but the wood institute which had a large exhibit extolling the virtues of wood as buiding ^([sic]) material, eagerly pinted to the fact that when one got over 16 feet in length, wood was predominant.”
“Though the Big Dipper was, in the minds of some, already falling under the shadow of Bill Russell as a team player and a winner (Chamberlain would usually “outstatistic” Russell in their head to head meetings, but Boston would generally win the game) he was also proving the most awesome offensive force the game had ever seen.”
“We need someone who can outstatistic the highway department experts.”
“[…] the politicians' strategy was to outstatistic the enemy, to defeat him in a numerical war of attrition.”
“But recently I discovered that two longtime associates are avid Mets fans who can outstatistic me.”
“The aim is not to 'outstatistic' previous books on gladioli, nor to create or enter into any controversy about the taxonomy and nomenclature of the 200 or so gladioli species, but rather to pass on the authors' enthusiasm for 'the friendship flower'.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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