- unbalanced
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adjective
Date: 1650
not balanced: as
a. not in equilibrium
b. mentally disordered or deranged
c. not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits <an unbalanced account>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
unbalanced
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