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unbalanced adjective [ ʌnˈbalənst ]

• (of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed.
• "she considered him to be mentally unbalanced and dangerous"
Similar: unstable, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, demented, crazed, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, raving mad, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic, non compos mentis, crazy, loopy, loony, mixed up, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, bananas, cracked, crackpot, dippy, screwy, with a screw loose, cuckoo, bonkers, mental, screwed up, not all there, off one's head, out of one's head, out to lunch, a bit lacking, round the bend, sectionable, daft, barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, batty, dotty, potty, off one's trolley, off one's rocker, daft as a brush, not the full shilling, round the twist, away with the fairies, nutsy, nutso, squirrelly, wacko, buggy, touched,
Opposite: balanced, stable, sane,
• not giving accurate, fair, or equal coverage to all aspects; partial.
• "this may give an unbalanced impression of the competition"
Similar: biased, prejudiced, skewed, one-sided, lopsided, partisan, factional, partial, inequitable, unjust, unfair, uneven, unequal, parti pris,
Opposite: balanced, unbiased, fair,

unbalance verb

• make (someone or something) unsteady so that they tip or fall.
• "the door almost unbalanced him by swinging open"
• upset or disturb the equilibrium of (a situation or person's state of mind).
• "this sharing can often unbalance even the closest of relationships"


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