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  • verb Present participle of unbalance.

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Examples

  • And this amounts to a significant, but hidden 'unbalancing' of the economy.

    The Economic Times 2010

  • And this amounts to a significant, but hidden 'unbalancing' of the economy.

    Analysis 2010

  • And this amounts to a significant, but hidden 'unbalancing' of the economy.

    The Economic Times 2010

  • You always have to be a little leery of unbalancing an ecosystem by slaughtering billions of anything, but if you have to perform genocide, is there a better target?

    Lasers switch from downing missiles to killing bugs 2009

  • The West Village-based director, who is 30, returns with this drama about a young New York filmmaker Olivia Thirlby , from "Juno" who takes up residency in her sound designer's pool house, unbalancing the dynamics of his family.

    Local Filmmakers Bring Their Best Out West Steve Dollar 2012

  • Golaud—the prince who finds the mysterious Mélisande weeping in the forest, marries her and brings her back home—was aggressive and jealous from the beginning, unbalancing the opera's delicate love triangle.

    Glum Season for St. Louis Heidi Walesom 2011

  • Golaud—the prince who finds the mysterious Mélisande weeping in the forest, marries her and brings her back home—was aggressive and jealous from the beginning, unbalancing the opera's delicate love triangle.

    Glum Season for St. Louis Heidi Walesom 2011

  • There are some imperfections – the unbalancing strength of Aaron's voice, for one – but these are overcome by restrained and powerful writing.

    Great House by Nicole Krauss – review 2011

  • Golaud—the prince who finds the mysterious Mélisande weeping in the forest, marries her and brings her back home—was aggressive and jealous from the beginning, unbalancing the opera's delicate love triangle.

    Glum Season for St. Louis Heidi Walesom 2011

  • It also took us far too long to actually get there, as well as unbalancing the finale - by the end of the action, I was utterly exhausted and proceeded to be somewhat perplexed by what happened next.

    MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica 2009

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