imbalance
imbalance noun: the property of not being in balance.
Noun
imbalance (usually uncountable, plural imbalances)
- The property of not being in balance.
- The growing imbalances between the rich and poor first lead to more crime.
- Ross Barkley, a second-half substitute, almost marked his debut with a goal but by that stage England were playing at half-pace. A team can do that when the imbalance of talent is this considerable.6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian
imbalance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
imbalance in Hindi
- property of not being in balance
- असंतुलन asantulan
imbalance in Tamil
- சமமின்மை, நிலை தடுமாற்றம், சமசீரின்மை, சமசீர்க்கேடு, சமநிலையற்ற
imbalance in Urdu
- غیرتوازن
imbalance in Bengali
- ভারসাম্যহীনতা, অসাম্য, অসমতা
More languagesFewer languages
- imbalance in Malayalam
- അസന്തുലിതാവസ്ഥ, അസമത്വം, സമതുലനമില്ലായ്മ, അനുപാതരാഹിത്യം
- imbalance in Kannada
- ಅಸಮತೆ, ಅಸಮತೋಲನ, ಏರುಪೇರು
- imbalance in Vietnamese
- mất cân bằng
Examples of imbalance in a sentence
- But beyond the quantitative imbalance, the researchers identified significant qualitative biases favoring Russia in the course descriptions.
- However, when these rates are largely different, the body is said to achieve an energy imbalance.
- This linguistic imbalance denies the woman certain privileges, a bias phenomenon that is recurrent in language.
Forms of imbalance
| plural | imbalances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | inbalance |
Origin of imbalance
From im- + balance.
Words formed from imbalance
Questions about imbalance
- What does imbalance mean?
- Imbalance means the property of not being in balance.
- What is imbalance in Hindi?
- Imbalance in Hindi is असंतुलन (asantulan). See Imbalance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is imbalance?
- Imbalance is a noun.
- What is the plural of imbalance?
- The plural of imbalance is imbalances.
Words near imbalance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: imbalance (page history and authors); imbalance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imbalance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Imbalance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imbalance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); imbalance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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