Meaning of unballasted | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not loaded or stabilised with ballast.
   not-comparable
2. Unstable, liable to flounder.
   figuratively, not-comparable

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Examples

“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.”

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