Dictionary Definition
unbalanced adj
1 being or thrown out of equilibrium [syn:
imbalanced] [ant:
balanced]
2 affected with madness or insanity; "a man who
had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unhinged]
3 debits and credits are not equal
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- not balanced, or in equilibrium
- irrational or mentally deranged
- not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
- of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
Verb
unbalanced- past of unbalance
Extensive Definition
Unbalanced is the opposite of balanced.
- When referring to electrical signals, an unbalanced line is the opposite of a balanced line such as used in RCA cables used to connect a DVD player to your stereo.
- Inoffensive line is a formation characteristic used to increase the blocking capabilities on either the left or right of the offense, at the expense of the other side.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abnormal, asymmetric, asymmetrical, batty, bereft of reason, bonkers, brainsick, canted, certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, daffy, daft, deluded, demented, deprived of reason,
deranged, disoriented, disproportionate,
distraught, disturbed, dizzy, eccentric, flighty, hallucinated, heeling, ill-balanced, illegal, inequitable, iniquitous, insane, irrational, irregular, leaning, listing, loco, lopsided, lunatic, mad, maddened, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient,
meshuggah,
moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, nonsymmetrical, not all
there, not right, nuts,
odd, of unsound mind,
off, off-balance,
off-center, overbalanced, psycho, queer, reasonless, senseless, shaky, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad,
strange, tetched, top-heavy, touched, uncentered, undeserved, undue, unequal, unequitable, uneven, unhinged, unjust, unlawful, unmeet, unmerited, unrightful, unsane, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical, wacky, wandering, witless, wobbly, wrong, wrongful