imbalance

noun

Definition of imbalancenext
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 That year, furor over the gender imbalance in the Nobels reached a fever pitch because of the feeling that Rosalind Lee, the collaborator and spouse of Victor Ambros, should have also been honored. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 Leslie Bluhm told ARTnews that Grynstztejn’s research on the state of gender imbalance at US art museums opened her family’s eyes to discrepancies that often go unnoticed in the field. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2026 In the meantime, the supply-demand imbalance does make the industry more susceptible to unexpected shocks, said David Spencer, vice president of market intelligence for freight-broker Arrive Logistics. — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Experimenting with the chiral compound 5-pyrimidyl alkanol, Soai demonstrated that a very small or spontaneous chiral imbalance could grow into near homochirality through asymmetric autocatalysis. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for imbalance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbalance
  1. inequality
  2. difference
  3. contrast
  4. distinctiveness
  5. distinctness
Noun
  • Hundreds of schools have shut their doors in recent days, with students airing grievances over run-down buildings, overcrowded classrooms, understaffing and inequalities in the education system.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders shocked the Democratic establishment by running a close race against Hillary Clinton for the Party’s Presidential nomination, thanks to his insistent focus on income and wealth inequality.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of inequality
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  • The only difference between us sitting here and someone on death row is our circumstances.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Having produced one such number per participant, the standard approach then pools all of them into a group average, on the assumption that individual differences are noise that will be canceled out.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of difference
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  • The sea hag in Widow’s Bay, by contrast, is a monstrous cross between Samara from The Ring, the entity from It Follows, and the lady in the bathtub from The Shining.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The shoes are made from a black kid suede upper with a nude kid leather insole and a nude leather outsole that add a bit of contrast to the shoe.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of contrast
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  • Aside from its visual distinctiveness, red diesel shares an identical chemical composition with conventional highway diesel.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Its strength lies in its capacity to evolve and find new ways to engage with the world around it, generation after generation, while retaining its distinctiveness.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 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
Definition of distinctness

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“Imbalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbalance. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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