Definitions
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- adjective Experiencing an
imbalance , out ofbalance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
Etymologies
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Examples
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I pushed back, tried to explain imbalanced gendered power structures and emotional abuse, cited statistics and studies.
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The direct impact of a long-term imbalanced sex ratio at birth is the emergence of "gradient marriage squeeze," it said.
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For instance, while Mr. Obama has spoken about reducing trade barriers, he also talked during his speech in Tokyo on Saturday of making sure that the United States and Asia do not return to a cycle - which he termed "imbalanced" - in which American consumerism causes Asians to look at the United States as mainly an export market.
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On national housing policy: He believes that although "homeownership is a very important national goal," federal policy is "imbalanced" - overwhelmingly favoring single-family ownership over rental housing options, which tend to allow greater density and more-efficient land use.
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The fact that someone just managed to kill you doesn't mean the whole class in imbalanced.
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Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."
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Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."
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Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."
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Here she goes again, disdaining many Americans by suggesting they are "imbalanced".
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Ahn Byung-chan, called an "imbalanced" foreign-exchange market.
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