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Unbalance   /ənbˈæləns/   Listen
Unbalance

verb
1.
Throw out of balance or equilibrium.  "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department"
2.
Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane.  Synonym: derange.
noun
1.
A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium.  Synonyms: imbalance, instability.
2.
A state of mental disturbance and disorientation.  Synonyms: derangement, mental unsoundness.





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"Unbalance" Quotes from Famous Books



... librate; equal, counterpoise, counteract, counterbalance, countervail; adjust, equalize, square. Antonyms: unbalance, derange, preponderate. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... equivalence between the successive three-groups. On the other hand, the introduction of a similar pause at the close of a six-beat group is inadmissible, because the subdivision is into three-beat groups, each of which is complete, so that the addition of a final pause would utterly unbalance the first and second members of the composite group, which would then be represented by the following notation: | >q. q q; .q. q q % |; that is, a three-group would alternate with a four-group, the elements of which present the same ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various


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