Imbalance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪmˈbæləns|  American pronunciation of the word imbalance
Brit.  |ɪmˈbæl(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word imbalance

noun

- a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium (syn: instability, unbalance)
a hormonal imbalance
- (mathematics) a lack of symmetry (syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry)

Extra examples

Her depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.

The government must redress the imbalance (=put it right) in spending on black and white children.

Many pupils follow an imbalanced curriculum.

Psychologists hypothesized that his odd behavior was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.

Word forms

noun
singular: imbalance
plural: imbalances
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