different between overmatched vs overmatch

English

Etymology

over- +? matched

Adjective

overmatched (not comparable)

1. Outclassed; unable to compete

   Our team was completely overmatched; we lost 10-0.

Verb

overmatched

1. simple past tense and past participle of overmatch

English

Etymology

From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- +? match.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /???v?(?)?mæt?/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /???v?(?)?mæt?/

Verb

overmatch (third-person singular simple present overmatches, present participle overmatching, simple past and past participle overmatched)

1. To match more than intended.

   The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.

2. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 7 p. 104[1]:

     At Lemster, for her Wooll whose Staple doth excell,

     And seemes to over-match the golden Phrygian Fell.

3. To marry to a superior.

Derived terms

• overmatched

Noun

overmatch (plural overmatches)

1. A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
   • 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding^[2], 2007 Oxford ed., ¶13:

     […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.

2. An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.

Translations

Antonyms

• undermatch