What does imbalance mean?

Definitions for imbalance
ɪmˈbæl ənsim·bal·ance

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. imbalance, instability, unbalancenoun

    a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

    "a hormonal imbalance"

  2. asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalancenoun

    (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

Wiktionary

  1. imbalancenoun

    The property of not being in balance.

Wikipedia

  1. Imbalance

    A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, for example when standing or walking. It may be accompanied by feelings of giddiness, or wooziness, or having a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating. Balance is the result of several body systems working together: the visual system (eyes), vestibular system (ears) and proprioception (the body's sense of where it is in space). Degeneration or loss of function in any of these systems can lead to balance deficits.

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  1. imbalance

    Imbalance refers to a lack of proportion or equality between different elements, parts, or aspects leading to unevenness or disparities. This term can be applied in various contexts such as health, finance, ecology, and social scenarios, often indicating that a particular consideration or factor is dominating over others, disrupting harmony, stability, or fairness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of imbalance in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of imbalance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of imbalance in a Sentence

  1. Tamara Duker Freuman:

    But there's this popular idea that if you feel bloated or have a lot of gas, that you are over-represented by the' bad' disease-causing bacteria and have too little of the' good' bacteria... and that there is some sort of imbalance causing you to have excess gas or discomfort or constipation.

  2. Zhang Xiaojin:

    The VAT cut will not change the current imbalance between supply and demand.

  3. Hugh Anderson:

    You've got that kind of imbalance mismatch of a little catch-up going on from Friday's domestic market and ... an absence of significant players from Europe today.

  4. Diane Yentel:

    Strengthening and enforcing renter protections is vitally important to addressing the broader housing crisis, there is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity.

  5. David Herring:

    Today's executive order paves the way for common sense regulation to keep America first in agriculture so that we remain the global leader in an economic sector that has offset the U.S. trade imbalance for decades.

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