as in to disturb
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the shock of the loss of his wife and children completely unbalanced him
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Recent Examples of unbalance
Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
And in medieval and early modern Europe, when impure blood was believed to unbalance the humors of the body and cause disease, the creatures were seen as solicitous helpers, ever ready to relieve a patient of their unwelcome plasma.
—Zoey Poll, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
There’s a fatal unbalance as Alex spins out, in a minutely detailed personal and professional crisis, over a character depicted in broad and not particularly artful strokes.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
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Verb
The foreign objects that rest upon my shoulders and head weighed me down and unbalanced my weighty body.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
And in medieval and early modern Europe, when impure blood was believed to unbalance the humors of the body and cause disease, the creatures were seen as solicitous helpers, ever ready to relieve a patient of their unwelcome plasma.
—Zoey Poll, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Noun
The two sides were (and still are) unlikely to come to terms given the unbalance in value.
—oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
There’s a fatal unbalance as Alex spins out, in a minutely detailed personal and professional crisis, over a character depicted in broad and not particularly artful strokes.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
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The photos, not graphic but disturbing all the same, were allegedly taken at the scene of the Delphi murders — the double homicide of two best friends, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, in rural Delphi, Indiana, in 2017.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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The skit started with the actors seeming disturbed.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Helium is kept in pressurized tanks, and any leak can lower the system's pressure, risking an imbalance in fuel delivery to the engines, which could cause unstable combustion or even an engine shutdown.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dak Prescott, who just shattered NFL records with a new contract extension, is playing like a bottom-half quarterback thanks to the imbalance.Jesse Reed, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Martha Stewart is an ‘unreliable narrator’ but also ‘a visionary,’ documentary director says: R.J. Cutler, the director of Netflix’s ‘Martha,’ discussed his film about the lifestyle guru and businesswoman and how he isn’t bothered by her criticism of it.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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So much of it is in disequilibrium, riddled by heat, pressure, and chemicals trying to get from their current location to somewhere else.Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
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As Sargent understood and Peri proves, this couple requires an eye for dynamic disequilibrium.Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Brace for Impact Schmitt’s getting caught in a storm might have been a red herring to distract us from a bigger tragedy ahead. endings Yesterday at 3:37 p.m.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Owners can also try distracting their dogs when a bee buzzes through incompatible behavior.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Written in black and white, the attacks look deranged.Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 May 2023
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The busy, fevered covers—everyone looks deranged—practically shout for a browser’s attention, in contrast to the subtler ones gracing later Clowes books like Wilson (2010) and Patience (2016).Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
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While the technical side of blockchain may still confuse most people, the concept of digital currency is mainstream.Lisa Loud, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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All these bases on balls confused fans back in Los Angeles; nobody walks in L.A.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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In season six, these controversies extended to the way the show depicted Mohamed Al-Fayed, all but accusing him of setting up the paparazzi frenzy that led to the deaths of Diana and his son, Dodi.Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 June 2024
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During the media frenzy the then-21-year-old held a press conference, delivering a heartfelt resignation speech.Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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“Unbalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbalance. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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