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How to use unbalanced in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Unbalanced means not balanced, without equilibrium. Example: “The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.”

More sentences with unbalanced

  • The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.From the entry trigger point
  • Unfortunately, the M60 is about twenty-four pounds and is very unbalanced. You try carrying the pig around the jungle and see how you feel.From the entry pig
  • That kind of unbalanced trade is something that just doesn’t happen in the theory of comparative advantage.2026 June 6, Noah Smith, “Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods. There are benefits far beyond protectionism”, in…. From the entry deadweight loss
  • Only recently, it has been accepted that unbalanced tourism development might unrestorably damage the urban environment.2012, Helen Briassoulis, Jan van der Straaten, Tourism and the Environment. From the entry unrestorably
  • It is the reflection of the unbalanced, short-termist hedonism of the financial boom era.2010 October 14, Martin Kettle, “Shed no tears for Liverpool: our football needs deflating”, in The Guardian. From the entry god that failed
  • Macal's "Promenade" opening was slow and unbalanced; the "Gnomus" section was stodgy and poorly ensembled.1988 September 9, Dennis Polkow, “Lower Standards”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016. From the entry ensembled
  • The misnourished consume too many processed foods and an unbalanced diet.1977, Anne Moyer Halpin, Better Food for Public Places, page 71. From the entry misnourished
  • When set in motion the floating frame assumes a definite counterdirectional motion, imparted by the unbalanced forces.1930, Wilhelm Pleines, Riveting in Metal Airplane Construction (Technical Memorandums, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; 596)…. From the entry counterdirectional
  • It's gripping to bear witness to observe all these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories.2024 September 6, Nicholas Perry, “Two Steps Ahead”, in Nikocado Avocado. From the entry two steps ahead
  • Take care to make sure the final position matches from side to side or your sissy bar will look unbalanced.2005, Billy Lane, Billy Lane's How To Build Old School Choppers, Bobbers and Customs, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry sissy bar
  • Milei’s allies reject his portrayal as an unbalanced powder keg, although they do not refute claims their leader takes counsel from his cloned mastiffs.2023 November 19, Tom Phillips, “Argentina holds breath as far-right Milei seizes narrow runoff advantage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry mastiff
  • When those onnagata gender acts representing that idealized beauty are ravaged, the figure that emerges is chaotic and unbalanced, it's gender vague and ambiguous.2005, K. Mezur, Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female-Likeness, →ISBN. From the entry gender vague
  • They take the form of excessive intellectualization, an unbalanced critical attitude, constriction, neurotic qualifications, and wishfulfilling fantasy activity of a pathological nature.1954, Pennsylvania State University, Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the…. From the entry wishfulfilling
  • The other red sweet wines, however, have been unbalanced, very deficient in color, and apt to oxidize or sherrify at an early age.1944, Maynard Andrew Amerine, Albert Julius Winkler, Composition and Quality of Musts and Wines of California Grapes, page 640. From the entry sherrify
  • My unguided tour through the humanities would likely be unbalanced, but I hoped that this could be made up for by the sheer number of books read.1977, Philip McCord Morse, In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Life, page 33. From the entry unguided
  • Upon reviewing this unbalanced itinerary, I can only conclude that I have been suffering from a bad case of peregrinity (or as I should perhaps refer to it: peregrinosis) .1993, Robert K. Merton, On the Shoulders of Giants, page 232. From the entry peregrinity

Meaning of unbalanced

  1. adjective Not balanced, without equilibrium.
  2. adjective Irrational or mentally deranged.
  3. adjective Expressing support for a certain point of view; biased.

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Questions about unbalanced in a sentence

How do you use unbalanced in a sentence?
Unbalanced is used as an adjective. For example: “The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.”
What is a short sentence with unbalanced?
“The misnourished consume too many processed foods and an unbalanced diet.”
What does unbalanced mean?
Unbalanced means not balanced, without equilibrium.

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