How do you use Outcompeted in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Outcompeted meaning
simple past and past participle of outcompete
Using Outcompeted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of outcompete
- In the example corpus, outcompeted often appears in combinations such as: outcompeted by, outcompeted and, being outcompeted.
Context around Outcompeted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outcompeted
- In this selection, "outcompeted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rapidly, outran and bought stand out and add context to how "outcompeted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include death are outcompeted and destroyed and from being outcompeted by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outcompeted" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outcompeted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Indonesia’s colonial era rubber plantations were rapidly outcompeted by smallholders. (11 words)
We got outfought, outran, outcompeted and we gave away sloppy goals. (11 words)
By 1911, AB Bofors-Gullspång had outcompeted, bought and closed down its Finspång Swedish competitor in cannon manufacture. (18 words)
Weed control both prevents the crop plants from being outcompeted by the weeds (for water and sunlight) and prevents the weeds from reaching their seed stage, thus reducing future weed population aggressiveness. (32 words)
As the caustic treatment is avoided, lactic acid bacteria are only present in similar numbers to yeast and appear to be outcompeted by the abundant yeasts found on untreated olives. (30 words)
Most anthrax bacteria inside the body after death are outcompeted and destroyed by anaerobic bacteria within minutes to hours post mortem. (21 words)
Example sentences (8)
Indonesia’s colonial era rubber plantations were rapidly outcompeted by smallholders.
We got outfought, outran, outcompeted and we gave away sloppy goals.
As the caustic treatment is avoided, lactic acid bacteria are only present in similar numbers to yeast and appear to be outcompeted by the abundant yeasts found on untreated olives.
By 1911, AB Bofors-Gullspång had outcompeted, bought and closed down its Finspång Swedish competitor in cannon manufacture.
Domestic producers of these goods are afraid of being outcompeted by the newly viable industry from the other country.
Most anthrax bacteria inside the body after death are outcompeted and destroyed by anaerobic bacteria within minutes to hours post mortem.
Outcompeted by trains, the number of boats slowly dwindled, until there was almost nothing left by the 1890s.
Weed control both prevents the crop plants from being outcompeted by the weeds (for water and sunlight) and prevents the weeds from reaching their seed stage, thus reducing future weed population aggressiveness.
Common combinations with outcompeted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- outcompeted by 5×
- outcompeted and 2×
- being outcompeted 2×