- lacking balance
- irrational or unsound; erratic
- mentally disordered
- biased; one-sided: unbalanced reporting
- (in double-entry book-keeping) not having total debit balances equal to total credit balances
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
un•bal•anced /ʌnˈbælənst/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- lacking balance or the proper balance.
- lacking steadiness and soundness of judgment;
mentally disturbed:unbalanced behavior. - Business(of an account) not adjusted so that money owed and money earned are equal.
un•bal•anced
(un bal′ənst),USA pronunciation adj.
- not balanced or not properly balanced.
- lacking steadiness and soundness of judgment.
- mentally disordered;
deranged. - Business(of an account) not adjusted;
not brought to an equality of debits and credits. - Sport[Football.]of or pertaining to an offensive line formation having more than three linemen on one side of the center. Cf. balanced (def. 2).
- un-1 + balanced 1640–50
- 3. . disturbed, unsound, irrational.
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unbalanced /ʌnˈbælənst/ adj
un•bal•ance
(un bal′əns),USA pronunciation v., -anced, -anc•ing, n.
v.t.
n.
un•bal′ance•a•ble, adj.
v.t.
- to throw or put out of balance.
- to disorder or derange, as the mind.
n.
- unbalanced condition.
- un-2 + balance 1580–90
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unbalance /ʌnˈbæləns/ vb (transitive)
- to upset the equilibrium or balance of
- to disturb the mental stability of (a person or his or her mind)
- imbalance or instability
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- wheel wobble
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- bonkers
- bushed
- crank
- demented
- fanatic
- one-sided
- overnutrition
- touched
- turn
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