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# unbalanced

«unbalanced» in Mova's school dictionary: **not steady, likely to tip or fall because the weight is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unbalanced)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unbalanced means not steady, likely to tip or fall because the weight is not spread evenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#m1)

2) An unbalanced diet or report has too much of some things and not enough of others; it is not fair or even. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#m2)

3) (old, unkind) Unbalanced can describe a person who is mentally unwell — avoid this use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#m3)

4) (maths, science) An unbalanced equation or set of forces is not equal on both sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, unbalanced forces make things start moving, speed up or change direction; balanced forces keep them steady. In maths, the two sides of an equation must balance. In health lessons, an unbalanced diet is not healthy. Phrases: unbalanced forces, an unbalanced diet, unbalanced teams.

### examples

- The tower was unbalanced and fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x1)
- Eating only chips is an unbalanced diet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x2)
- The teams are unbalanced: one has 8 players and the other 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x3)
- Unbalanced forces make the ball move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x4)
- The scale is unbalanced because one side is heavier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x5)
- If one side of an equation is 10 and the other is 12, it is unbalanced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/#x6)

### note

«Un-» + «balanced». Opposite: balanced. Using «unbalanced» about a person's mind is old and can be hurtful; say «unwell» instead. In maths, to fix unbalanced teams, move players: 8 and 5 → 13 ÷ 2 is not whole, so they can't be exactly equal.

### In the corpora

- [When one force is bigger, the forces are unbalanced and the object speeds up, slows down or changes direction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unbalanced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbalanced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.