Definition of off-balance
1
: not well proportioned : out of balance
- the plans are off-balance
- their military is off-balance
2
: not standing, sitting, or resting in normal physical equilibrium
- caught off-balance and knocked down
- —Jack Dempsey
3 a
: upset from or in a state of being upset by confusion : upsetting
- the off-balance presentation of alternatives
- —S. L. Payne
- keep us off-balance
b
: into a state of surprise from the unexpected
- may turn us momentarily off-balance by saying one thing when he means another
- —R. B. West
