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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unbalance
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was, according to interviews and media reports, lonely and unbalanced.
▪ In the example horizontal stress unbalance has been simulated by setting, half way between and.
▪ Keep trees trimmed of dead limbs; consult a tree surgeon if trees seem shaky or growth is unbalanced.
▪ Perhaps these effects unbalance the body's normal control mechanisms, and make food and chemical sensitivities more likely.
▪ So how can he risk unbalancing the delicate mix Cowher has created?
▪ They would exacerbate the problems of unbalanced power that threaten any cooperative relationship.
▪ This unbalanced situation is not sustainable.
▪ Try a cost / benefit analysis of this and you will see how unbalanced this thinking really is!
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unbalance

1856, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + balance (v.).

Wiktionary
unbalance

vb. to cause to be out of balance

WordNet
unbalance

  1. n. a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease) [syn: imbalance, instability] [ant: balance]

  2. a state of mental disturbance and disorientation [syn: derangement, mental unsoundness]

  3. v. throw out of balance or equilibrium; "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The primadonna unbalances the smooth work in our department" [ant: balance]

  4. derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" [syn: derange]

Usage examples of "unbalance".

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.

He was very quicklike a cat, he landed on his feet no matter how she tried to unbalance him.

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.

Cailet wanted badly to laugh at her, to unbalance her further, but she was too busy repelling another assault by Jored.

The crowbar had broken through the mass of roots, unbalancing Jeremiah so he fell ungracefully to one knee.

These diets are hormonally unbalanced because they contain huge amounts of carbohydrates and little else.

Bandar offered the opinion that the landship might have encountered a transient gravitational cyst, causing the man to unbalance and tumble over the rail.

The unbalanced force threw Alfred forward against the largest, standing directly before him, whose hand had darted into his coat.