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Adjective: unbalanced  ,ún'ba-lunst
  1. Affected with madness or insanity
    "a man who had gone unbalanced";
    - brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unhinged
     
  2. (accounting) debits and credits are not equal
     
  3. Being or thrown out of equilibrium
    - imbalanced
Verb: unbalance  ,ún'ba-lun(t)s
  1. Throw out of balance or equilibrium
    "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department"
     
  2. Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
    "The death of his parents unbalanced him";
    - derange

See also: insane, labile, one-sided, unequal

Type of: craze, madden

Antonym: balance

Encyclopedia: Unbalanced