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un·bal·anced
(ŭn-băl′ənst)adj.
1. Not in balance or in proper balance.
2. Not evenly or properly distributed: an unbalanced allotment of resources.
3. Showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior.
4. Accounting Not satisfactorily adjusted so that debit and credit correspond.
5. Not treating all sides with due importance: unbalanced reporting in the press.
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unbalanced
(ʌnˈbælənst)adj
1. lacking balance
2. irrational or unsound; erratic
3. (Psychology) mentally disordered or deranged
4. biased; one-sided: unbalanced reporting.
5. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (in double-entry book-keeping) not having total debit balances equal to total credit balances
6. (Electronics) electronics (of signals or circuitry) not symmetrically disposed about earth or zero reference potential
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un•bal•anced
(ʌnˈbæl ənst)adj.
1. lacking balance or the proper balance.
2. lacking steadiness and soundness of judgment.
3. mentally disordered; disturbed or deranged.
4. (of an account) not adjusted; not brought to an equality of debits and credits.
[1640–50]
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() balanced - being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers" |
2. | ![]() insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" | |
3. | ![]() accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances unequal - poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure |
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unbalanced
adjective
1. deranged, disturbed, unstable, touched, mad, crazy, barking (slang), eccentric, insane, irrational, erratic, lunatic, demented, unsound, unhinged, loopy (informal), out to lunch (informal), barking mad (slang), gonzo (slang), not all there, doolally (slang), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), non compos mentis (Latin), not the full shilling (informal), wacko or whacko (informal), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang) He was shown to be mentally unbalanced.
2. biased, one-sided, prejudiced, unfair, partial, partisan, unjust, inequitable unbalanced and unfair reporting
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unbalanced
adjectiveAfflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unsound, wrong.
Chiefly British: crackers.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.
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Translations
غَيْر مُتَّزِنغَيْر مُتوازِن
nevyváženývyšinutý
ensidiguafbalanceretuligevægtig
beszámíthatatlan
sem er ekki í jafnvægitruflaîur á geîsmunum
be pusiausvyrosvienpusis
nevyvážený
unbalanced
[ˈʌnˈbælənst] ADJ1. (physically) → desequilibrado; (mentally) → trastornado, desequilibrado
2. (Fin) → no conciliado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unbalanced
[ˌʌnˈbælənst] adj (= disturbed) [person, mind] → déséquilibré(e)
(= biased) [reporting, report] → partial(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unbalanced
adj
painting, diet, economy → unausgewogen; report, view of life → einseitig; ship etc → nicht im Gleichgewicht; the structure of the committee was unbalanced → der Ausschuss war unausgewogen or sehr einseitig besetzt
mind → unstet; (also mentally unbalanced, = deranged, mad) → irre, verrückt; (= slightly crazy) → nicht ganz normal
account, budget → nicht saldiert or ausgeglichen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unbalanced
(anˈbӕlənst) adjective1. without the proper amount of attention being given to everything. If we don't hear both sides of the argument, we'll get an unbalanced view of the situation.
2. disordered in the mind; not quite sane. The murderer was completely unbalanced.
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