Definitions for unbalanced

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unbalanced un·bal·anced

Spelling: [uhn-bal-uh nst]

IPA: /ʌnˈbæl ənst/

Unbalanced is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 434 anagrams from letters in unbalanced (aabcdelnnu).

Definitions for unbalanced

noun

1. unbalanced condition.

adjective

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

verb (used with object)

1. to throw or put out of balance.
2. to disorder or derange, as the mind.

Origin of unbalanced

First recorded in 1640-50; un-¹ + balanced

Examples for unbalanced

In Rwanda, an unbalanced ratio leaves 83 of every 100 citizens dependent on the leftover 17 for survival.

He has never voted to raise taxes; he has never voted to approve an unbalanced budget.

But he neither liked nor trusted Governor La Follette, whom he regarded as unbalanced and dangerous to the Republican Party.

I thought only of myself, and I behaved like a whining, unbalanced boy.

unbalanced by the shove, he stumbled over the Apache whom he had knocked senseless.

Had the strain of the past few weeks unbalanced the professors mind?

It lifted Uncle Jabez from his seat, and unbalanced the boat.

You may say that Robespierre was morbid and unbalanced, and you may say the same of Bunyan.

The important challenge is to correct for the unbalanced and unfair nature of this exchange.

Bob Smith: unbalanced, inconstant, and even more of a carpetbagger than the other guy.