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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Months earlier, Charles Vallow had told police that his wife was threatening to kill him, describing her behavior as increasingly unbalanced.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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Accounting rules imply that your household runs a chronic trade deficit with Costco: goods flow in just one direction, your money in the other; trade is unbalanced.
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Just as skipping leg day at the gym leads to an unbalanced physique, skipping structural deregulation while preserving agencies and programs that should be eliminated leaves the economy vulnerable to permanent federal steering.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Perhaps even more than that, PSG — long dismissed and derided as a hopelessly unbalanced gaggle of individual superstars — have become a team, widely respected for the remarkable industriousness of their football and the humble, unshowy brilliance of their young players.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Accounting rules imply that your household runs a chronic trade deficit with Costco: goods flow in just one direction, your money in the other; trade is unbalanced.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Just as skipping leg day at the gym leads to an unbalanced physique, skipping structural deregulation while preserving agencies and programs that should be eliminated leaves the economy vulnerable to permanent federal steering.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unbalanced
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“Unbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbalanced. Accessed 16 Apr. 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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