unbalanced
adjective, verb
unbalanced is spelled U-N-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “imbalanced vs unbalanced” about 1,600 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, unbalanced means “not balanced, without equilibrium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unbalanced?
| Letters | 10: U-N-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is unbalanced?
Unbalanced appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unbalanced?
Unbalanced has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unbalanced.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with unbalanced
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of unbalanced
- more unbalanced comparative
- most unbalanced superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unbalanced mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
not balanced, without equilibrium
- 2
irrational or mentally deranged
- 3
expressing support for a certain point of view; biased
unbalanced reporting
- 4
not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
- 5
of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
- 6
an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of unbalance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unbalanced in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | desequilibrado |
| Spanish | desequilibrado |
| German | unausgeglichen, durchgedreht, überdreht |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unbalanced come from?
From un- + balanced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).