imbalanced
Tilted one way
Imbalanced describes something lacking proper balance or proportion.
A diet may be imbalanced if it has too much of one thing and not enough of another.
An imbalanced budget has expenses exceeding income.
The teams were imbalanced—one had all the experienced players.
The word overlaps with unbalanced, though unbalanced more often suggests mental instability.
Unequally balanced
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- off-centerNot at the midpoint
tilted · crooked · askew · awry · misaligned · irregular · nonuniform · asymmetrical
Not the same
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- inequitableNot fair or impartial
- disparateEssentially different in kind
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
lopsided · skewed · mismatched · asymmetric · unfair · unjust · unrepresentative · stratified
Biased against a group
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- partialFavoring one side
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
unfair · slanted · skewed · partisan · tendentious · weighted · unjust · inequitable
Prone to sudden change
- wobblyTending to teeter
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
tottering · rickety · precarious · off-kilter · tippy · top-heavy · faltering · wavering
Caused disorder in
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
- out-of-whackNot working properly
off-kilter · disturbed · unsettled · destabilized · irregular · erratic · inconsistent · unpredictable
lopsided
Unequally balanced
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
off-center · tilted · crooked · askew · awry · misaligned · irregular · nonuniform · asymmetrical · one-sided
unequal
Not the same
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- inequitableNot fair or impartial
- disparateEssentially different in kind
uneven · lopsided · skewed · mismatched · asymmetric · unfair · unjust · unrepresentative · stratified · polarized
prejudiced
Biased against a group
discriminatory · unfair · slanted · skewed · partisan · tendentious · weighted · unjust · inequitable · preferential
unstable
Prone to sudden change
teetering · tottering · rickety · precarious · off-kilter · tippy · top-heavy · faltering · wavering · rocking
disrupted
Caused disorder in
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
out-of-whack · off-kilter · disturbed · unsettled · destabilized · irregular · erratic · inconsistent · unpredictable · fluctuating
- unfairnessunfair, unjust, biased, unequal, inequitable
- unevenuneven, irregular, unequal, nonuniform, asymmetric
- OP gaming termsOP, broken, busted, nerf, buff
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- proportionsratio, proportion, fraction, percentage, percent
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
imbalancedbalanced
In a state of equilibrium
even · stable · equalized · equilibrated · symmetrical
- chemical imbalanceSkewed molecular ratios internally
- hormonal imbalanceIrregular glandular secretion levels
- hormone imbalanceIrregular chemical messenger levels
- power imbalanceUnequal distribution of control
- chemically imbalancedMolecular ratios are skewed
- trade imbalanceUnequal imports versus exports