UNBALANCED

unbalanced

(adjective) debits and credits are not equal

unbalanced, imbalanced

(adjective) being or thrown out of equilibrium

brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

(adjective) affected with madness or insanity; “a man who had gone mad”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)

not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy

Synonyms: out of whack, lopsided, ill-disposed, unstable, imbalanced, inbalanced

irrational or mentally deranged

(accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond

(computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses

(American football) an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other

Verb

unbalanced

simple past tense and past participle of unbalance

Source: Wiktionary


Un*bal"anced, a. Etym: [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance.]

1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise. Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. Pope.

2. (Com.)

Definition: Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.

3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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