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Definition: Unbalance |
UnbalanceNoun1. A state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease). 2. A state of mental disturbance and disorientation. Verb1. Throw out of balance or equilibrium; "The tax relief unbalanced the budget". 2. Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unbalance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
Synonyms: UnbalanceSynonyms: derangement (n), imbalance (n), instability (n), mental unsoundness (n), derange (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: balance (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unbalance |
| English words defined with "unbalance": preponderance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unbalance": bringing into state of equilibrium ♦ three-wire system. (references) |
| "Unbalance" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Unbalance" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unbalance": unbalance smb.'s mind. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unbalance | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unbalance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | çekulibroj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فقد العقل, خل بالتوازن, خبل (amentia, befuddle, besot, craze, dementia, derange, distract, fluster, frenzy, infatuate, insanity, lunacy, mad, madden, madness, spare, stagger, stultify, stun, stupefaction, stupefy, tangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смущавам (become confused, confound, confuse, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, flurry, gravel, incommode, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, perturb, put off, put out, rattle, ruffle, throw out, violate, wake, wilder), разбърквам (addle, agitate, clutter, derange, disarrange, disorder, jumble, litter, mess up, mix, mix up, muddle, puddle, rumple, scramble, tousle, trouble, tumble, unfix, unsettle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 失配. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevyrovnanost (inconsistency), nerozvážnost (flippancy, imprudence, rashness, temerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | usymmetrisk belastning (unbalanced load), ubalance (imbalance, out-of-balance), balanceafvigelse (out-of-balance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onsymmetrische belasting (unbalanced load), onbalans (out-of-balance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غیرمتعادل کردن , عدم توازن (Imbalance), اختلال مشاعرپیداکردن , اختلال مشاعر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déséquilibre (unbalance vector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aus dem Gleichgewicht bringen (unhinge), Ungleichgewicht (imbalance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφάλμα ιζοζυγισμού (out-of-balance), σφάλμα ζυγοστάθμισης (out-of-balance), φορτίο που δεν έχει ισοσταθμιστεί (unbalanced load), ασυμμετρία ηλεκτρικού φορτίου (unbalanced load), ανομοιομορφία ηλεκτρικού φορτίου (unbalanced load). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"וציא משווי משקל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiegyensúlyozatlanság (imbalance, out of trim), egyensúlyból kimozdít. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | squilibrio di carico (unbalanced load), squilibrio (derangement, disequilibrium, imbalance, insanity), squilibrare (lose one's balance, put out of balance), spareggiare, sbilanciare (lose one's balance, overbalance, throw off the balance), carico squilibrato (unbalanced load, unequally-distributed load). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アンド回路 (ambassador, amber, ambiance, ambivalence, ambulance, amp, amphetamine, amplifier, ampoule, AND circuit, boredom, enfants terribles, impromptu, umber, umbrella cut, umpire, unbelievable, unfair, unhappy, unparser, unplayable), 不釣り合い (asymmetry, disparity, imbalance), 不釣合い (asymmetry, disparity, imbalance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふつりあい (asymmetry, disparity, imbalance), アンバランス (ambulance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alanceunbay desequilíbrio (disequilibrium, instability). (various references) dezechilibra, descumpãni (abash, disconcert, outstare, upset). (various references) вывести из равновесия (overbalance). (various references) izbaciti iz ravnoteže. (various references) desequilibrio de carga (unbalanced load), desequilibrio (disequilibrium, imbalance), desequilibrar, carga desequilibrada (unbalanced load). (various references) rubba (derange, dislocate, dislodge, disorder, displace, disturb, shatter, upset), bringa ur balans (unsettle). (various references) dengesizlik (alienation, derangement, disequilibrium, imbalance, instability, mental alienation, uneven temper), dengesini bozmak (derange, overbalance), akli dengesizlik (mental disorder). (various references) відсутність рівноваги (imbalance), виводити з рівноваги, неврівноваженість, порушувати рівновагу, дисбаланс. (various references) sự mất thắng bằng sự không cân xứng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unbalance": unbalanced, unbalances. (additional references) | |
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"Unbalance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inbalance, Nebulance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unbalance" (pronounced unba"luns) |
| 6 | -b a" l u n s | balance, imbalance. |
| 4 | -l u n s | ambivalence, ambulance, benevolence, condolence, counterbalance, equivalence, excellence, insolence, nonviolence, opulence, parlance, pestilence, petulance, prevalence, resemblance, semblance, silence, surveillance, turbulence, Valence, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, belligerence, beneficence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, essence, evanescence, evidence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, utterance, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-n-n-u" | |
-1 letter: cannulae. | |
-2 letters: balance, cannula, canulae, lacunae, unclean. | |
-3 letters: anlace, anneal, annual, bacula, cannel, canula, cuneal, lacuna, lacune, launce, nebula, nuance, nuncle, unable, unlace. | |
-4 letters: alane, annal, annul, banal, cabal, cable, canal, canna, clean, lance, lauan, nance, ulnae, unban, uncle. | |
-5 letters: able, acne, alae, alan, alba, alec, anal, anna, baal, bale, bane, bean, beau, blae, blue. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-n-n-u" | |
+1 letter: unbalanced, unbalances. | |
+2 letters: undanceable. | |
+3 letters: unchangeable, unchangeably. | |
+4 letters: unaccountable, uncontainable. | |
+5 letters: counterbalance, nonaccountable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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