imbalance
Americannoun
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the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
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faulty muscular or glandular coordination.
noun
Etymology
Origin of imbalance
Example Sentences
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Senior state planners are formulating a five-year plan to lift domestic demand, acknowledging that the world’s second-largest economy currently faces an imbalance between “strong supply and weak demand.”
Crucially, there is a power imbalance here, which threatens your psychological safety at work.
From MarketWatch
The medication appeared to cause certain minerals to build up in the stomach, while creating imbalances in the liver and spleen.
From Science Daily
Their researchers’ point was this imbalance affects risk management.
From MarketWatch
European business leaders, who broadly complain China is flooding the EU market with cheap goods, have urged Merz to keep a cavernous trade imbalance at the top of his agenda.
From Barron's
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