outgunnedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

outgunned (comparative more outgunned, superlative most outgunned)

1. (literal) Having insufficient guns compared to the enemy.

   The fighters were hugely outgunned by 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.

2. (figurative) Up against formidable adverse circumstances or (especially) adversarial forces.

   Near-synonyms: outmatched, in too deep, out of one's depth, over one's head

アナグラム

• untongued