Dictionary

imbalance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English imbalance From im- + balance.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The property of not being in balance.
   • Ross Barkley, a second-half substitute, almost marked his debut with a goal but by that stage England were playing at half-pace. A team can do that when the imbalance of talent is this considerable. 6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian:
   • There are some stations which have literally 1,000-1,500 passengers a year, whereas Whitby has over 140,000, so there's a huge imbalance between the usage of some stations and others. 2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 60:
   • The growing imbalances between the rich and poor first lead to more crime.

Forms

Deriveds

chemical imbalance · linguistic imbalance · energy imbalance

Descendants

имбала́нсный

Translations (24)

ga éagothroime (property of not being in balance) · uk дисбаланс (property of not being in balance) · hu kiegyensúlyozatlanság (property of not being in balance) · nl onevenwichtigheid (property of not being in balance) · pt desequilíbrio (property of not being in balance) · qu hank'ay (property of not being in balance) · vi mất cân bằng (property of not being in balance) · sv obalans (property of not being in balance) · es desajuste (property of not being in balance) · es descuadre (property of not being in balance) · hi असंतुलन (property of not being in balance) · cs nerovnováha (property of not being in balance) · nb ubalanse (property of not being in balance) · nn ubalanse (property of not being in balance) · ru дисбала́нс (property of not being in balance) · it scompenso (property of not being in balance) · fi epätasapaino (property of not being in balance) · bg неустойчивост (property of not being in balance) · pl brak równowagi (property of not being in balance) · ro dezechilibru (property of not being in balance) · ga neamhchothroime (property of not being in balance) · nl onbalans (property of not being in balance) · de Ungleichgewicht (property of not being in balance) · fr déséquilibre (property of not being in balance)