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- noun
imbalance
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Examples
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The disbalance may not be good, but forcing it to change may be much worse.
Future of White Boys’ Clubs Redux #fowaspeak | FactoryCity 2009
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"Such a drastic cut would automatically disbalance the coalition," Rabbani said.
Government critics cite Pakistani cabinet's bulk Karin Brulliard 2010
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"Such a drastic cut would automatically disbalance the coalition," Rabbani said.
Government critics cite Pakistani cabinet's bulk Karin Brulliard 2010
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AGW theory does not claim any disbalance, it claims that for maintaining this balance earth surface shoud be slightly hotter than without greenhouse effect.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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There is NO such thing as energy disbalance: earth emits EXACTLY the same amount of energy that it get from the sun.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Challenge is when you see a disbalance toward irregular warfare, as if MRAPs and drones were the only things worth investing defense dollars.
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I would say this is much more the effect of economic liberalisation than it is of the sex disbalance.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Surplus of Males and Runaway (with the Bride-Price) Brides: 2009
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Basically my question is can a relatively fast weight loss on a low carb diet disbalance the homeostasis and cause various symptoms?
I’ve succumbed to Twitter | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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The disbalance of power between the state and a person in custody is so huge that only a few states in the world are able to execute enough self-restraint and not harm the suspect at will.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Can A Suspect Be Tased Into Complying With a Court Order?: 2009
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They can create a negative attitude and unnatural forms of behavior which eventually always results in mental disbalance or physical illness.
Archive 2008-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
arkobose commented on the word disbalance
This is not a "word", in the sense that it is not found in the dictionary. But millions of Indian speakers of English use it every day to mean "to destroy the balance of".
For example, consider:
1) He is mentally disbalanced.
2) I got disbalanced and slipped.
September 13, 2009