Verb (used with object) : an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.    From Dictionary.com. 

The injury-depleted Aggies (3-5, 1-3) were overmatched from the start, and coach Hal Mumme had no problem admitting it.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Siena, which had been hoping to become the tournament's next George Mason, was overmatched from the start and never led.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

While Hingis showed that she wasn't overmatched from the baseline, her weak serve let her down, setting up easy winners for Clijsters.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - No. 1 Clijsters ends Hingis' comeback; Federer wins] Reference

Martin was called overmatched, even hearing one person call his hiring an embarrassment to college basketball.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference

Henson, whom one inside source described as looking "overmatched" by.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Yankees 2002 prospect report] Reference

Louisiana Tech was overmatched from the start.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - Louisiana Tech vs. Clemson] Reference

"Serious Call," which, he says, "overmatched" and compelled him to consider the subject with earnestness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes] Reference

'overmatched' at times by their prowess and selfless giving.    From Wordnik.com.  [AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters] Reference

There are only two, so we shall not be overmatched.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Her Own Right] Reference

The Iraqis are just outmatched and overmatched here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2003] Reference

Loosely organized worker groups say they are overmatched.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2007] Reference

Jon seems a tad overmatched in this battle against Kate and TLC.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference

WATIE: The teenage Strike One team played well, but were overmatched.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2002] Reference

The defense played very well Saturday against an overmatched opponent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Brown: 'We were up in their faces the entire night'] Reference

No wonder that we had been overmatched in our struggle with the brutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference

"Or diamonds!" and his eyes gleamed as he overmatched his brother's guess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference

Surprise starter Frankie Hejduk was occasionally overmatched at the left back spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [No, That Was Not A Dream] Reference

"The pirates were definitely overmatched," Vice Adm. Mark Fox, commander of the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Marines nab Somali pirates in Gulf of Aden] Reference

The rascals thus overmatched realized the neat manner in which they had been beaten.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference

HARRIS: An army at war, trained by U.S. forces, but, look, undermanned and overmatched.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2006] Reference

WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Iraqis are just outmatched and overmatched here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2003] Reference

The bottom line is this may be an economically overmatched final four like never before.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2007] Reference

Influential conservative William Kristol declared, McCain has been totally overmatched by Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008] Reference

The overmatched photographer learned firsthand that Diaz did at least some of her own stunt work.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWSMAKERS] Reference

Granted, he was overmatched, but he shouldn't be moving so clumsily, gasping for breath, so soon!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference

The idea is two-fold -- a show of force and a chance to lure Iraqi troops into an overmatched dual.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2003] Reference

He will have to reconstruct a new defense, minus the scrappy Hejduk and, assumably, without the overmatched Agoos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mission Accomplished, But ...] Reference

The Nationals really lost the game in the seventh inning, when Sean Burnett made a good pitch to an overmatched rookie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Nationals lose to New York Mets, 3-2, despite first major league homer from Wilson Ramos] Reference

No number of underwhelming fights with an overmatched Juan Manuel Marquez or Carlos Baldomir will change this fact either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morris W. O'Kelly: Floyd Mayweather Jr... Full of Excuses] Reference

After scoring two runs in a three-game series against Houston, the Brewers broke out against an overmatched pitching staff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cubs BLOWN OUT: Brewers Win 18-1 As Cubs Give Up Team Record 26 Hits] Reference

Americans came away from the World Cup certain that our lads, disappointingly overmatched, still had a lot to learn from Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons of the Zidane Head Butt] Reference

And both the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals were bores, pitting powerhouse Lakers and Red Wings against game but overmatched challengers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best In Sports] Reference

Even the watchfulness and precautions of the Inquisition, however, were to a certain extent overmatched by Uzcoque cunning and foresight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference