unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈba-lən(t)st 
: not balanced: such as
a
: not in equilibrium
b
: mentally disordered : affected with mental illness
c
: not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits
an unbalanced account
Examples of unbalanced in a Sentence
He's been eating an unbalanced diet.
horrific crimes that obviously were committed by a very unbalanced person
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An unbalanced load can trigger violent spin cycles, strain suspension rods and cause premature bearing wear.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
Beijing has imposed export controls on rare earth magnets, hitting European Union industries hard and compounding an increasingly unbalanced trading relationship.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
With a nationwide public education system terribly unbalanced to prioritize STEM–science, technology, engineering, and math–at the expense of the arts and humanities–music, painting, drawing, writing, literature, film–American society has suffered.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Teams put together like this can be unbalanced and disinterested, with little in the way of collective ethos.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
Beijing has imposed export controls on rare earth magnets, hitting European Union industries hard and compounding an increasingly unbalanced trading relationship.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
With a nationwide public education system terribly unbalanced to prioritize STEM–science, technology, engineering, and math–at the expense of the arts and humanities–music, painting, drawing, writing, literature, film–American society has suffered.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Teams put together like this can be unbalanced and disinterested, with little in the way of collective ethos.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈbal-ən(t)st
1
: not in a state of balance
2
: not completely sane
3
: not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits
an unbalanced account
Medical Definition
unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈbal-ən(t)st
: mentally disordered : affected with mental illness
an unbalanced mind
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