unballasted

English

Etymology

un- +‎ ballasted

Adjective

unballasted (not comparable)

  1. Not loaded or stabilized with ballast.
    • 1908, Allen Chapman, Bart Stirling's Road to Success‎:
      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.
    • 1922, Bertrand W. Sinclair, The Hidden Places‎:
      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.
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