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unbalanced

[ uhn-bal-uhnst ]

adjective

  1. not balanced balanced or not properly balanced. balanced.
  2. lacking steadiness and soundness of judgment.
  3. mentally disordered; deranged.

    Synonyms: , ,

  4. (of an account) not adjusted; not brought to an equality of debits and credits.
  5. 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

/ ʌˈæəԲ /

adjective

  1. lacking balance
  2. irrational or unsound; erratic
  3. mentally disordered or deranged
  4. biased; one-sided

    unbalanced reporting

  5. (in double-entry book-keeping) not having total debit balances equal to total credit balances
  6. electronics (of signals or circuitry) not symmetrically disposed about earth or zero reference potential
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unbalanced1

First recorded in 1640–50; un- 1 + balanced
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“China is the most unbalanced economy in the history of the modern world,” he told reporters, “and they are the biggest source of the U.S. trade problems.”

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But if he can impulse-buy IVF as casually as a round of beers, then the film has to respect the viewer enough to answer the obvious follow-up questions: How unbalanced is this marriage-for-medical-treatment proposition?

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Speaking from the White House, Trump said that the U.S. had been playing the rube in unbalanced deals with its biggest trading partners.

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By law, VOA’s news programs are not allowed to be false or unbalanced.

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In this truly unbalanced assault on federal workers, we can see again the truth in Thompson's observations.

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