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imbalanced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
im-bal-anced
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English balanced English imbalanced From im- + balanced.

Inflected Forms

more imbalanced (comparative) most imbalanced (superlative) inbalanced (alternative)

Phrases

chemically imbalanced

Synonyms

unbalanced

Questions

What does imbalanced mean?
Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance.
Where does imbalanced come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English balanced English imbalanced From im- + balanced.

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