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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already outnumbered" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where one group is at a numerical disadvantage compared to another group.
Example: "In the debate, the opposing team was already outnumbered, making it difficult for them to present their arguments effectively."
Alternatives: "already outmatched" or "already surpassed in numbers".
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"Officers are already outnumbered 1 to 50.
Norman's incompetence might well get everyone killed: something to add to the fact that they are already outnumbered and outgunned by the Germans hereabouts.
And with the left already outnumbered five to four on the Roberts court, liberals are feeling no small amount of trepidation heading into this period, as if the basic tenets of compassionate governance could be brought low.
In some countries "passive ratepayers" are already outnumbered by "energy stalwarts" seeking more information and control, says Michael Valocchi, one of the study's authors.Yet where variable rates have been introduced, they have not always been a success.
The new map, the appellees argue, stuffed more blacks into areas where blacks already outnumbered whites, creating districts with black supermajorities topping 70% and solidifying the Republican Party's hold on other districts.Both sides have been shamelessly opportunistic.
The hamlet-sized population, concentrated in the blocks northeast of Washington Square, already outnumbered the scene of the previous decade, when all the major styles of Abstract Expressionism coalesced — in a blur of eureka moments, studio by studio — amid poverty and obscurity, irradiated by passion.
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In America available cars already outnumber licensed drivers.
Foreign species already outnumber surviving native species in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Nevertheless, mobile phones already outnumber fixed phones by two to one.
In the UAE, foreign nationals already outnumber citizens by more than five to one.
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