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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbalanced

Un-bal′anced

,
Adj.
[In senses 1 and 2, pref.
un-
not +
balanced
; in sense 3, 1st pref.
un-
+
balance
.]
1.
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
Let Earth
unbalanced
from her orbit fly.
Pope.
2.
(Com.)
Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit;
as, an
unbalanced
account;
unbalanced
books
.
3.
Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound;
as, an
unbalanced
mind
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unbalanced

UNBAL'ANCED

, a.
1.
Not balanced; not poised; not in equipoise.
Let earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly.
2.
Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as an unbalanced account.
3.
Not restrained by equal power; as unbalanced parties.

Definition 2024


unbalanced

unbalanced

English

Adjective

unbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)

  1. not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy
  2. irrational or mentally deranged
  3. (accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
  4. (computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
  5. (American football) an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other

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Verb

unbalanced

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unbalance