N2 — outside your level filter

ばかりに

ばかりにbakari niN2neutral

savor + (past) + all because — one small thing cost far more than it should

ajiwatta bakari ni

all because — one small thing cost far more than it should

meaning: all because of savoring

Same meaning

味あじわう
〜たばかりに
味あじわったばかりに

一言ひとこと余計よけいなこと言いったばかりに、めちゃくちゃ怒おこられた。

hitokoto yokei na koto itta bakari ni, mechakucha okorareta.

All because I said one thing too many, I got absolutely torn into. casual

保証書ほしょうしょをなくしたばかりに、修理代しゅうりだいを全額ぜんがく払はらうことになった。

hoshousho o nakushita bakari ni, shuuridai o zengaku harau koto ni natta.

All because I lost the warranty card, I ended up paying the full repair bill. neutral

Same meaning13

because; the reason is

だってcasual reason-opener ('cause, X); casual "even N"attaches at
からこそprecisely because — this reason and no other made it happenattaches at
からbecause; so — the speaker's own reasonattaches at
ことだからknowing X as we do — a prediction from someone's known characterattaches at
ものだからbecause — offered as an excuse the speaker could not helpattaches at
もの'cause; but I — a reason fired back at the listenerattaches at
んですit's that…; you see — marks the sentence as an explanationattaches at
なくてnot… and; because (one) doesn'tattaches at
なぜならthe reason is; because — opens a new sentence explaining the last oneattaches at
につきowing to N; per N (formal, written)attaches at
のでbecause; since — reason as circumstanceattaches at
せいかperhaps because; maybe it's because — the cause offered only as a guessattaches at
しand what's more — listing reasonsattaches at

All examples4

all because — one small act brings a result way out of proportion

一言ひとこと余計よけいなこと言いったばかりに、めちゃくちゃ怒おこられた。
hitokoto yokei na koto itta bakari ni, mechakucha okorareta.
All because I said one thing too many, I got absolutely torn into. casual
保証書ほしょうしょをなくしたばかりに、修理代しゅうりだいを全額ぜんがく払はらうことになった。
hoshousho o nakushita bakari ni, shuuridai o zengaku harau koto ni natta.
All because I lost the warranty card, I ended up paying the full repair bill. neutral
気きが弱よわいばかりに、いつも損そんな役やくを引ひき受うけてしまう。
ki ga yowai bakari ni, itsumo son na yaku o hikiukete shimau.
Just because I'm soft, I always end up landed with the thankless job. neutral
初期しょき設定せっていを確認かくにんしなかったばかりに、全すべてのデータを失うしなう結果けっかとなりました。
shoki settei o kakunin shinakatta bakari ni, subete no deeta o ushinau kekka to narimashita.
Purely for want of checking the initial settings, we ended up losing all the data. formal

How it's formed5

Notes

The ending is always an unwanted result, and the point is the mismatch
of scale — a proportionate consequence wants せいで or ので instead.