Meanings
adjectiveunbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)
comparative more unbalanced · superlative most unbalanced
- not balanced, without equilibrium
Synonyms: out of whack, lopsided, ill-disposed, unstable, imbalanced, inbalanced
- expressing support for a certain point of view; biased
unbalanced reporting
- accountingnot adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
- computingof an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
- American footballan offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unbalance
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot balanced, without equilibrium
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveaffected with madness or insanity
adjectivedebits and credits are not equal
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishbalanced
- Englishunbalanced
Translations
Bulgarian неуравновесен
- неуравновесен (neuravnovesen)irrational or mentally deranged
Esperanto malekvilibra
- malekvilibranot balanced
Finnish epätasapainoinen, epätasapainoinen
- epätasapainoinennot balanced
- epätasapainoinenirrational or mentally deranged
German unausgeglichen, durchgedreht
- unausgeglichenirrational or mentally deranged
- durchgedrehtirrational or mentally deranged
- überdrehtirrational or mentally deranged
Hungarian kiegyensúlyozatlan
- kiegyensúlyozatlanirrational or mentally deranged
Irish míchothrom
- míchothromnot balanced
Māori tipihori, tipirori
- tipihorinot balanced
- tipirorinot balanced
- hikuarunot balanced
- hikuwarunot balanced
Portuguese desequilibrado, desequilibrado
- desequilibradonot balanced
- desequilibradoirrational or mentally deranged
Spanish desequilibrado, desequilibrado
- desequilibradonot balanced
- desequilibradoirrational or mentally deranged
Swedish obalanserad
- obalanseradirrational or mentally deranged
Tagalog tuwas
- tuwasirrational or mentally deranged
Turkish dengesiz
- dengesiznot balanced
Cite this entry
APA
unbalanced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbalanced
MLA
“unbalanced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbalanced. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbalanced,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbalanced.
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