"unbalance" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unbalances [present, singular, third-person], unbalancing [participle, present], unbalanced [participle, past], unbalanced [past]
Etymology: From un- + balance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|balance}} un- + balance Head templates: {{en-verb}} unbalance (third-person singular simple present unbalances, present participle unbalancing, simple past and past participle unbalanced)
  1. (transitive) To cause to be out of balance. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to be out of balance): изваждам от равновесие (izvaždam ot ravnovesie) (Bulgarian), désaxer (French), déséquilibrer (French), desequilibrigar (Ido), éagothromaigh (Irish), squilibrare (Italian), sbilanciare (Italian), commoveō (Latin), desequilibrar (Spanish)

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