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US
/ɪmˈbæɫəns/
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[ UK /ɪmbˈæləns/ ]
[ UK /ɪmbˈæləns/ ]
NOUN
- (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
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a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
a hormonal imbalance
How To Use imbalance In A Sentence
- Emphasizing elimination through the overuse of purgatives in an already deficient individual can further deplete the body's store of minerals and essential B vitamins as well as imbalance beneficial intestinal micro-organisms.
- Aminoglycosides, such as gentamicin, cause imbalances of magnesium, calcium and potassium.20In fact, one study showed that gentamicin causes increased excretion of calcium by 5 percent and magnesium by 8.4 percent.21When you take antibiotics, consider a B vitamin complex along with it. Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific
- The imbalance in the number of girls and boys of marriageable age is not the only cause of these social changes, and it will not persist for long.
- The direct impact of a long-term imbalanced sex ratio at birth is the emergence of "gradient marriage squeeze," it said. The Times of India
- The current trade deficit indicates a serious imbalance between our import and export trade.
- Under the new proposals, the degree of margin reduction for cane refiners is around two-and-a-half times greater than that for beet producers, so that the competitive imbalance between beet and cane producers would be widened.
- Second, there is the resultant increase in international financial imbalances. Times, Sunday Times
- As a psychologist, Bloom had studied what in the 1970s was considered not just sexual deviance, but mental imbalance.
- In the face of "misalignment," the very existence of a "currency imbalance" would be sufficient to open the door to trade sanctions -- whether or not that imbalance resulted from a deliberate attempt to manipulate the market. Forbes.com: News
- An imbalance between these two often causes the quest for gender equality to be shrouded in confusion.