IMBALANCE Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

imbalance

noun

Definition of imbalance

as in inequality

a state or condition in which different things do not occur in equal or proper amounts There is an imbalance between his work life and family life.

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Recent Examples of imbalance Advertisement The friendship has become one permanent emergency All close relationships go through periods of imbalance. — Angela Haupt, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 For Jones, the cost exposes a larger imbalance inside Olympic sports. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Our study of the 2020-2022 Annual Survey of Refugees found the same imbalance. — Hyojin Im, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026 Social media’s latest wellness obsession is looking for imbalances. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for imbalance

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Over the past 50 years, education financing lawsuits, aimed at eliminating inequalities in education funding, have made their way through state courts, with some important and high-profile successes.

— Quinn Yeargain, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Los Angeles is a city of stark inequality, which makes the arrival of George Lucas‘s billion-dollar Lucas Museum of Narrative Art especially charged, as Jori Finkel writes in the Art Newspaper.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of inequality

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The two started off as enemies as Judy joined the Zootopia Police Department, but then put aside their differences to solve a mystery in the animal city.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
There is a difference in the cases of Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri, in that the former has been far more involved in some monumental moments.

— Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of difference

Noun

America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
In a portfolio of consumer brands, each brand's value lies substantially in its distinctiveness.

— Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of distinctiveness

Noun

How can the sense of an absolute union of all matter be reconciled with the endless multiplicity and distinctness of it?

— Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
However, a few hours with Air Riders reveals the nuance and depth of its gameplay, the distinctness of this flavor of racing game and its sensory, chaotic, and strategic appeal.

— Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025

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