unweigh verb4 •To shift weight off of or to have the weight shifted off of.Unweigh your stopping foot and turn it to an angle on the ice to produce a skid, and thus a stop. — 1996 •To relieve from a burden.Alaska would get more money and the oil companies would get more money, but I am quite sure the Japanese are not going to unweigh the system. — 1979 •To lift (an anchor) so that it no longer holds something in place.He gave the order to unweigh the anchor. — 2018 •To discount from serious consideration.I don't believe any problem is so complex that it requires a great amount of time contemplating, weighing and unweighing all of these problems. — 1977 formsunweighed · unweighing · unweighs