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UK
/ʌnbˈæləns/
]
[ US /ənˈbæɫəns/ ]
[ US /ənˈbæɫəns/ ]
VERB
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derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
The death of his parents unbalanced him -
throw out of balance or equilibrium
The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department
The tax relief unbalanced the budget
NOUN
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a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
a hormonal imbalance - a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
How To Use unbalance In A Sentence
- Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
- The art world can be a profoundly unfriendly and unbalanced place. Times, Sunday Times
- The only exciting thing that happened all day was when the top came off the scaffolding tower, unbalanced by about a hundredweight of slate which had been injudiciously stacked all on the same side of its centre of gravity.
- The upside of this setup is that it can accept either balanced or unbalanced signal input.
- Sugar unbalances the endocrine system, which includes the adrenal glands, pancreas and liver, causing the blood-sugar level to fluctuate widely.
- The murderer was completely unbalanced.
- Authorities now believe that the perp is a mentally unbalanced male around 35, who was dressed in jeans and a tee-shirt at the time of the Piazzetta attack on Sunday. Veniceblog:
- He once went further and declared that all judges were mentally unbalanced. Times, Sunday Times
- Our experience of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, directed by Landon Johnson for Vespertine Productions at The Flight Theatre at The Complex Theatres, is not so much that of a fly on a wall; a fly's buzz would unbalance Johnson's tersely orchestrated suspense tale of two hit men in a Birmingham basement. James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions
- The opponent's leg can also be lifted to unbalance or to throw the opponent backward.