imbalanced
imbalanced — adjective
- imbalancedpositive
- more imbalancedcomparative
- most imbalancedsuperlative
1. with parts, amounts, or forces that do not match each other properly, so the who
with parts, amounts, or forces that do not match each other properly, so the whole thing is out of equilibrium — for example a diet missing some food groups, a workload heavier for one person, or an economy that exports much less than it imports
Astrid's diet was imbalanced because she ate mostly bread and almost no vegetables.
imbalanced + diet / nutritional context
The team's workload was imbalanced — Yumi handled twelve clients while Felix had only three.
collocation: imbalanced workload / distribution
Trade between the two countries had become imbalanced, with one side exporting far more.
The bookshelf looked imbalanced after Ilan stacked all the heavy encyclopedias on the left side.
Coach Esteban warned that an imbalanced training routine would weaken the runners' upper bodies.
- unbalanced
near-identical meaning and slightly more common; can also informally describe a person's mental state, which 'imbalanced' usually does not
- uneven
broader everyday word; covers both physical surfaces and unequal distribution
- lopsided
stresses one-sided heaviness or asymmetry, often with a visual or competitive feel
- skewed
suggests data, results, or perception have been pulled in one direction, often unfairly
- balanced
direct opposite — properly matched in parts, amounts, or forces
- even
equal across sides; common for distributions and surfaces
- proportional
each part matches the others in the right ratio
用法筆記
Subject is usually a system, distribution, diet, ratio, or relationship — not a person directly. Frequently appears either attributively (an imbalanced diet) or after linking verbs (become imbalanced, look imbalanced). Avoid using imbalanced to describe a person's mental state in everyday writing; it sounds clinical and slightly outdated, and 'unbalanced' is the form more often used that way.