outstripped

Verb

The word is derived from outstrip

Meaning

of Outstrip

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

behind eclipsed

Examples

Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character. L. P. Jacks

When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality. R. A. Lafferty

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. Ilya Ehrenburg

Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others. Tim Bishop

We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources. Josiah Strong

We live in and age of hyper-awareness, our senses extend around the globe, but it's the case of aesthetic overload: our technical zeal has outstripped our psychic capacity to cope with the influx of information. Gene Youngblood

Close letter words and terms

outstride outstrike outstrip outstripper outstripping outstroke