Preponderant

Full definition of preponderant

Adjective

1. Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing.
   a preponderant weight;   a topic of preponderant importance
• 2013-11-30, Paul Davis, Letters: Say it as simply as possible, Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?