unbalancedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbalənst/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaln̩st/, U.S. /ˌənˈbælənst/ 1. Not balanced or equably poised:
a. Of the mind, judgement, etc., or persons in respect of these.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > unbalanced
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1650 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions (ed. 2) Addit. i. 388 Wherein yet I cannot much blame an unballanced judgement, whiles I find the Septuagint contrary to themselves.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. vi. 5 Thus good, or bad, to one extreme betray Th' unbalanc'd Mind, and snatch the Man away.
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 62 We know what he has been up to this time, ardent, impulsive, unbalanced, enthusiastic, cowardly.
1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 111 Interference with the old order was so far-reaching, that the minds of all were quite unbalanced.
b. Of material things.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective] > unbalanced
tickle1515
instable1599
untrimmeda1732
unbalanced1733
uncounterbalanced1780
bottom-heavy1819
unstable1839
out of balance1920
off-kilter1985
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man (rev. ed.) i. 243 Let Earth unbalanc'd from her Orbit fly.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 40 No needless care, Lest storms should overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight.
1835 Court Mag. 6 192/1 I was several times unbalanced, and on the very point of being hurled backward into the gulf.
1901 Feilden's Mag. 4 442/2 A running test of 16 hrs. with an average unbalanced load of 3,000 lbs.
c. figurative or transferred in various senses.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree
unmeasurablea1398
dismeasurec1400
dismeasurable1477
dismeasured1483
over1494
endlya1513
intolerable1544
wide1574
overloading1576
unconscionable1576
meanless1587
powerable1588
hyperbolical1589
extravagant1598
grievous1632
flagrant1634
exorbitant1648
overbearinga1708
unbalanced1712
well-favoured1746
steep1856
thick1884
ripe1918
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective] > unbalanced > not counteracted or made up for
uncorrected1694
uncompensated1789
uncounteracted1809
unbalanced1818
1712 R. Blackmore Creation iii. 138 Then would unbalanc'd heat licentious reign.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxxii. 69 Thou, who never yet of human wrong Lost the unbalanced scale.
1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 244 The variegated aspects of the fields and gardens..have more beauty than the unbalanced verdure of the leaf.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 91 He hated those who possess valour unbalanced by the observance of propriety.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 333 Deviation takes place in the opposite direction through the unbalanced action of the healthy muscles on the unparalysed side.
2. Of an account: (see balance v. 14).
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [adjective] > not balanced or reckoned
unaccompteda1483
unbalanced1828
1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unbalanced,..not brought to an equality of debt and credit.
1902 Daily Chron. 25 Nov. 6/2 Complicated, confused, and unbalanced accounts.
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