Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lack of balance, as in distribution or functioning.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Defective balance; specifically, a lack of equality in the tension and contractile strength of the eve-muscles, leading to heterophoria.
Wiktionary
- n. The property of not being in balance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
- n. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
Examples
“With all seriousness, a man with some type of chemical brain imbalance is in charge of the most powerful post in the world.”
“I would guess the imbalance is a relic of history and Law.”
“Medicare and Medicaid face a very substantial long-term imbalance, and are at the heart of our long-term fiscal imbalance, which is the motivation for moving to a different structure in those programs.”
“To call Obama a socialist because he wants to redress this imbalance is as accurate as calling McCain an oligarch because he doesn't.”
“Currently, gas tax funds are dedicated to municipalities with transit systems, which he called an "imbalance.”
“The show has pulled it off so far, but that kind of imbalance is hard to maintain over the long run.”
“The whole point of our current trade imbalance is that our volume of exports to China is relatively tiny.”
“But labor and management are more often than not in imbalance, wages growing more slowly with reference to productivity gains.”
The Huffington Post: Stephen Herrington: Open Wide, Minimum Wage Is Good For You
“But Democrats should admit America's economic structure has become dangerously unbalanced -- more unbalanced than it's been in 80 years -- and the imbalance is making it difficult if not impossible for the nation to emerge from recession.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Reich: Why Democrats Should Not Join in Economic Scapegoating
“This whole infinite horizon imbalance is just goofball.”
Dr. Doom, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Lists
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Having: C; m; e
Goodies pulled from a list I've compiled of most-every word having these letters in common — It's going take to take a long, long time to actually get through (and I may want to extend it lat...
chamber, chimney, compesce, imperch, ipom�ic, lambency, premier cru, recumbence, simnelcake, succumbence, umbeschew, almacle and 631 more...
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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unwell
pheochromocytoma, tumor, adrenaline, gland, endocrine, neurological, hormone, imbalance, heart, palpitation, sweating, headache and 74 more...
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