imbalanced

imbalanced — 形容詞

  • imbalancedpositive
  • more imbalancedcomparative
  • most imbalancedsuperlative

1. with parts, amounts, or forces that do not match each other properly, so the who

1.形容詞B2
釋義

失衡的；不均

各部分比例或力量不均的

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

例句

Astrid's diet was imbalanced because she ate mostly bread and almost no vegetables.

Astrid 的飲食很不均衡，因為她幾乎只吃麵包，蔬菜吃得很少。

imbalanced + diet / nutritional context

The team's workload was imbalanced — Yumi handled twelve clients while Felix had only three.

團隊的工作分配失衡——Yumi 要服務十二位客戶，Felix 卻只有三位。

collocation: imbalanced workload / distribution

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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 Avoid using imbalanced to describe a person's mental state in everyday writing; it sounds clinical and slightly outdated, and 'unbalanced' is the form more often used that way.

常見錯誤

❌My friend is imbalanced because she is always angry.
✅My friend's emotions seem unstable lately.
💡'imbalanced' describes systems or distributions, not a person's temperament; for a person, prefer 'unstable' or describe the specific behaviour.
❌The two sides of the argument were imbalance.
✅The two sides of the argument were imbalanced.
💡'imbalance' is the noun; the adjective always ends in -ed.