Verb
If too many people stand up, it will unbalance the boat.
The tax cuts have unbalanced the budget.
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Candida is part of a healthy microbiota but in high abundance, it has been identified as an opportunistic microorganism, causing a reduction in community diversity, and unbalancing the gut microbiota.—New Atlas, 21 June 2025 Hawkins’s performance as a woman who was destroyed by the death of her daughter, more so than anyone around her seems to realize, both powers and unbalances the film.—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Noun
Many also question whether its prize pool has the potential to unbalance leagues when participating teams return home.—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 22 June 2025 The team surmised that this unbalance may be due to strong eastward winds that distribute heat and clouds across the exoplanet’s surface.—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unbalance
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