out of balanceadv.adj.n.

1881 G. W. Cable Mme. Delphine x. 52 As a banker, at least, he was certainly out of balance.

1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 338/2 Those [chapters] devoted to Irish politics are thrown somewhat out of balance by his strong criticism of the editing of the second series..of the Letters of Queen Victoria.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 137/2 Two had wheels out of balance on delivery.

2002 Focus May 74/2 Having your humours out of balance made you ill.

1920 Proc. Royal Soc. 1919–20 A. 96 368 The abscissæ give the current in either of the thermo-junctions, and the ordinates the out-of-balance deflection on the galvanometer.

1968 W. J. Burdett & J. G. Ellis Motor Vehicle Mechanics' Course II. xii. 284 Any ‘out-of-balance’ weight on the wheel..may give rise to a tendency to ‘throw’ the wheel up from the road and back down on to it once in every revolution of the wheel.

1991 J.-R. McWilliams & P. McWilliams Life 101 v. 375 When you notice an out-of-balance situation within yourself, balance it at once.

1933 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 142 92 A critical speed is a speed at which out-of-balance alone tends to set up vibrations of very great amplitude.

1958 Listener 13 Nov. 780/1 Friction..and the slightest out-of-balance of the motor cause the axis of the gyroscope to deviate.

1993 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 443 510 There is a slight overall out-of-balance in each of the OH and HO² gains and losses due to these simplifications.