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  • adjective Experiencing an imbalance, out of balance.

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  • adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium

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Examples

  • I pushed back, tried to explain imbalanced gendered power structures and emotional abuse, cited statistics and studies.

    Out of the way « Planning the Day 2010

  • The direct impact of a long-term imbalanced sex ratio at birth is the emergence of "gradient marriage squeeze," it said.

    The Times of India 2010

  • 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.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • 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.

    Business - BostonHerald.com 2009

  • The fact that someone just managed to kill you doesn't mean the whole class in imbalanced.

    The DK is OP nathreee 2008

  • Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske called the imbalanced budget "balanced."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Here she goes again, disdaining many Americans by suggesting they are "imbalanced".

    Pelosi gets emotional about political climate 2009

  • Ahn Byung-chan, called an "imbalanced" foreign-exchange market.

    Seoul Steps Up Campaign 2008

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