unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈba-lən(t)st 
: not balanced: such as
a
: not in equilibrium
b
: mentally disordered : affected with mental illness
c
: not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits
an unbalanced account
Examples of unbalanced in a Sentence
He's been eating an unbalanced diet.
horrific crimes that obviously were committed by a very unbalanced person
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Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The sheer ease of Jacobs-Jenkins’s writing drives the headlong rush of the first act, but in the unbalanced second half his technique wavers.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Floodlighting disrupts this natural relational progression by pushing too much emotional depth too soon, which can:
Create an unbalanced dynamic where one person overshares while the other feels pressured to reciprocate.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
A lot of casuals were turned off by the entire extraction shooter concept of losing loot or unbalanced fights.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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“Unbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbalanced. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈbal-ən(t)st
1
: not in a state of balance
2
: not completely sane
3
: not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits
an unbalanced account
Medical Definition
unbalanced
adjective
un·bal·anced
ˌən-ˈbal-ən(t)st
: mentally disordered : affected with mental illness
an unbalanced mind
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