imbalancing
Making things uneven
Imbalancing is the act of creating or causing an imbalance—disrupting equilibrium or throwing something out of proportion.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: imbalancing forces on the structure, imbalancing the budget.
It's the present participle of imbalance used as a verb, though many prefer "unbalancing" in everyday speech.
Sway without stability
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
- swayRock back and forth
- rockSolid earthen material
- oscillateMove rhythmically between extremes
falter · stagger · lurch · tilt · tip · wobble · shake · waver
Unequally balanced
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- slantedAngled from vertical
unequal · disproportionate · uneven · misaligned · distorted · off-kilter · askew · awry
teeter
Sway without stability
oscillate · falter · stagger · lurch · tilt · tip · wobble · shake · waver · fluctuate
lopsided
Unequally balanced
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- tiltedAngled from vertical
slanted · unequal · disproportionate · uneven · misaligned · distorted · off-kilter · askew · awry · biased
destabilize
Make unsteady or insecure
subvert · weaken · upset · unsteady · disrupt · sabotage · shake · dislocate · unsettle · dismantle
imbalancingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
balancing · steadying · equilibrating · evening out · rebalancing
imbalancingrebalancing
Restoring proper proportions
restabilizing · righting · correcting · adjusting · compensating
imbalancingequalizing
Making uniform or level
evening out · harmonizing · proportioning · redistributing · normalizing
balance, balanced, unbalanced, imbalance, balancing, balances, unbalance, counterbalance, rebalance