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Meaning of UNBALANCED

Pronunciation:  un'balunst

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (accounting) debits and credits are not equal
  2. [adj]  being or thrown out of equilibrium
  3. [adj]  affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
 
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 Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, imbalanced, insane, mad, sick, unequal, unhinged
 
 Antonyms: balanced
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*bal"anced\, a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not
+ balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance.]
1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or
   having insufficient counterpoise.
         Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. --Pope.
2. (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an
   equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account;
   unbalanced books.
3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence,
   disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an
   unbalanced mind. --Pope.
 
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