"unbalanced" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unbalanced [comparative], most unbalanced [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + balanced. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|balanced}} un- + balanced Head templates: {{en-adj}} unbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)
  1. not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy Synonyms: out of whack, lopsided, ill-disposed, unstable, imbalanced, inbalanced Translations (not balanced): لاسەنگ (laseng) (Central Kurdish), epätasapainoinen (Finnish), míchothrom (Irish), neuchormit (Manx), tipihori (Maori), tipirori (Maori), hikuaru (Maori), hikuwaru (Maori), desequilibrado (Portuguese), سەنگەلا (sengela) (Southern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-~Z7A6Stw Disambiguation of 'not balanced': 58 3 2 31 3 3
  2. irrational or mentally deranged Translations (irrational or mentally deranged): неуравновесен (neuravnovesen) (Bulgarian), epätasapainoinen (Finnish), unausgeglichen (German), durchgedreht (German), überdreht (German), kiegyensúlyozatlan (Hungarian), errsennich (Plautdietsch), desequilibrado [masculine] (Portuguese), desequilibrado (Spanish), trastornado (Spanish), obalanserad [common-gender] (Swedish), tuwas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-IX5vs-3l Disambiguation of 'irrational or mentally deranged': 4 87 2 2 3 3
  3. expressing support for a certain point of view; biased
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-GUxuoI7v
  4. (accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-GTGpZdaX Topics: accounting, business, finance
  5. (computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-9NnS-Tw9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. (American football) an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-adj-qL4ZeOLA Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Etymology: From un- + balanced. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|balanced}} un- + balanced Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unbalanced
  1. simple past and past participle of unbalance Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: unbalance
    Sense id: en-unbalanced-en-verb-5tiz5BmS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 5 2 15 13 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 16 13 10 8 16 15 22

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