unbalance
English
Verb
unbalance (third-person singular simple present unbalances, present participle unbalancing, simple past and past participle unbalanced)
- (transitive) To cause to be out of balance.
- If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Or, finally, might our awful situation prey upon and unbalance our minds? A group of insane folk upon a dead world!
Translations
to cause to be out of balance
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