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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of balance (v.). Earliest use is in reference to the mind, judgment, etc. Of material things, it is recorded from 1732.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Unbalanced may refer to: Lacking physiological balance Unbalanced line , where the impedance of the two conductor paths are not equal Unbalanced circuit , a circuit with unbalanced ports, usually with one terminal connected to common An unbalanced formation ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy 2 irrational or mentally deranged 3 (context accounting English) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond 4 (context computing English) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. being or thrown out of equilibrium [syn: imbalanced ] [ant: balanced ] affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick , crazy , demented , distracted , disturbed , mad , sick , unhinged ] debits and credits are not equal
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unbalanced \Un*bal"anced\, a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance.] Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise. Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. --Pope. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Binary trees can easily become unbalanced . ▪ I became the victim in what was a wholly unbalanced relationship. ▪ Normally the forces from one molecule are counterbalanced by equal attraction by other molecules but at an ...
Usage examples of unbalanced.
Though usually in such cases the growth is of an unbalanced or localized sort, as in acromegaly, where the bones of the hands or jaw become abnormally enlarged.
The first was not surprising, considering the fact that Imer was in jail with a strong probability of being adjudged mentally unbalanced.
Third, and as a direct result of the second, we had an unbalanced afrit loose, too, causing additional mayhem.
From this, and much other evidence, geologists have deduced that the Altiplano is still gradually rising, but in an unbalanced manner with greater altitudes being attained in the northern part and lesser in the southern.
Unbalanced by the wrenching change as his boot slapped onto a level surface, Arithon flung out his bandaged palm to catch himself short of a fall.
He felt the wooziness that came with the loss of the Force, he saw Laree also unbalanced.
If Latchetts was suddenly and unaccountably his he might be overwhelmed to the point of running away, but not unbalanced to the point of taking his life.
Luc strode away to read Abbie the riot act for showing up at Exotica, for showing up with another man, and for being the cause of his unbalanced emotions.
We guided ones are the prestressed people, and we can never be unbalanced.
These diets are hormonally unbalanced because they contain huge amounts of carbohydrates and little else.
The unbalanced force threw Alfred forward against the largest, standing directly before him, whose hand had darted into his coat.
The second raft pushed up behind the first, and those aboard made to disembark, but an overanxious departure by the first soldiers dangerously unbalanced the craft and the raft tipped, throwing the remaining passengers into the river with a tremendous splash.
Carol, once more looking and sounding unbalanced, had suddenly adopted an incongruous, schoolteacherish refrain and manner.
She quite correctly views the sidesaddle as an inefficient, unbalanced method for riding a horse.
Reasoning that whoever was behind this would almost certainly have to be unbalanced, he instructed the CURE mainframes to limit the search to Russian ultranationalists with known or suspected mental problems.