UNBAL'LASTED, adjective 1. Freed from ballast. 2. adjective Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast or by weight; unsteady; as unballasted wits. 'Unballast vessel, ' for unballasted in Addison, is an unauthorized phrase.
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