Examples of unbalance in a Sentence
Verb
If too many people stand up, it will unbalance the boat.
The tax cuts have unbalanced the budget.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
Imagine the wartime use of leaflets that were dropped in large quantities over battlefields, or onto townships, and contained a single message that was intended to mentally unbalance large numbers of citizens or soldiers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Megan Feringa, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Fashion is a sector that has heavily relied on third-party manufacturing, producing an overall unbalance of big brands versus small players.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The trouble was that this stance unbalanced him at home.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
Imagine the wartime use of leaflets that were dropped in large quantities over battlefields, or onto townships, and contained a single message that was intended to mentally unbalance large numbers of citizens or soldiers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
Even so, the first half belonged more to OL Lyonnes than to Barcelona, manager Jonatan Giraldez doing well to use the physicality and pace of his new team to unbalance that of his former.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Fashion is a sector that has heavily relied on third-party manufacturing, producing an overall unbalance of big brands versus small players.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Unbalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbalance. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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