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unbalanced
[ uhn-bal-uhnst ]
adjective
- lacking steadiness and soundness of judgment.
- mentally disordered; deranged.
Synonyms: irrational, unsound, disturbed
- (of an account) not adjusted; not brought to an equality of debits and credits.
- Football. of or relating to an offensive line formation having more than three linemen on one side of the center. Compare balanced ( def 5 ).
unbalanced
/ ʌnˈbælənst /
adjective
- lacking balance
- irrational or unsound; erratic
- mentally disordered or deranged
- biased; one-sided
unbalanced reporting
- (in double-entry book-keeping) not having total debit balances equal to total credit balances
- electronics (of signals or circuitry) not symmetrically disposed about earth or zero reference potential
Word History and Origins
Origin of unbalanced1
Example Sentences
The idea was to increase air pressure behind the bottom of the ball in order to create an unbalanced force that would promote backspin.
Omitting it can result in an unbalanced, lean and acidic brew.
In the case of longer feature assignments, we were even more unbalanced—assigning 63% to male writers and just 37% to women.
In recent months, it’s been tough to remember that problems predating the recession and the pandemic existed, but the power of the duopoly and marketers’ unbalanced reliance on it has long been an issue.
These companies—and all others developing blockchain technology—should be able to operate on a fair and equal playing field, without giving any group or organization an upper hand thanks to unbalanced regulations.
You consume a nutritionally unbalanced diet because of concerns about “food purity.”
In Rwanda, an unbalanced ratio leaves 83 of every 100 citizens dependent on the leftover 17 for survival.
But he neither liked nor trusted Governor La Follette, whom he regarded as unbalanced and dangerous to the Republican Party.
Bob Smith: unbalanced, inconstant, and even more of a carpetbagger than the other guy.
The helmet weighs about 12 pounds, and sits slightly unbalanced unlike the Kevlar I wore as a Marine.
It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally.
A terrible suspicion came to him that her mind was wandering, that the shock she had received had unbalanced her reason.
In New Zealand there are a number of communities which have grown quickly and have become unbalanced.
The mental faculties are much more completely unbalanced, and the prognosis of the case is more unfavourable.
For the first time it occurred to him that she might be unbalanced.
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