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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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
One executive raised concerns about the program’s viability for health systems that span multiple states—and could see funds dispersed unevenly across their geographies, unbalancing regional programs.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Many also question whether its prize pool has the potential to unbalance leagues when participating teams return home.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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Verb
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
One executive raised concerns about the program’s viability for health systems that span multiple states—and could see funds dispersed unevenly across their geographies, unbalancing regional programs.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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
Many also question whether its prize pool has the potential to unbalance leagues when participating teams return home.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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“Unbalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbalance. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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