1. Being or thrown out of equilibrium
   "The unbalanced diet lacked essential nutrients";
   - imbalanced
    
2. Affected with madness or insanity
   "a man who had gone unbalanced";
   - brainsick [archaic], crazy [informal], demented, disturbed, mad, unhinged
    
3. (accounting) debits and credits are not equal
   "The unbalanced books raised suspicions of financial misconduct"

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: alter, change, craze, madden, modify

Antonym: balance

Encyclopedia: Unbalanced