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imbalance
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Noun imbalance has 2 senses
- imbalance(n = noun.state) instability, unbalance - a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" is a kind of disequilibrium
- imbalance(n = noun.attribute) asymmetry, dissymmetry - (mathematics) a lack of symmetry; Array is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
Antonym: balance
has particulars: geometrical irregularity, irregularity, lopsidedness, skewness, radial asymmetry, handedness, laterality, footedness, eyedness
THESAURUS
imbalance
anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, contortion, contrariety, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, difference, disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, heterogeneity, inadequacy, inequality, inequity, injustice, insufficiency, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, nonuniformity, odds, overbalance, quirk, screw, shortcoming, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unbalance, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring
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