The meaning of Imbalance

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Usage examples:

A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

noun

The state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

Usage examples:

The day began cold and blustery, in contrast to almost two weeks of uninterrupted sunshine

verb

Differ strikingly.

Usage examples:

His friend's success contrasted with his own failure

noun

An easily noticed or understood difference between two or more things

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[ u ] she is quite petite, in contrast with her tall sister., [ c ] contrasts between manhattan’s r…

noun

A great difference.

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Economic disparities between different regions of the country

noun

A lack of equality and similarity, esp. in a way that is not fair

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[ c ] he will oppose a gross disparity in salary increases between teachers and other state employe…

noun

A situation in which two or more things are not equal or similar, especially when this is thought to be unfair

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Economic/income/pay disparity manhattan had the greatest income disparity between rich and poor res…

noun

An instance of being out of proportion with something else.

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There is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result

noun

The fact of being too large or too small in relation to something else

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The disproportion between the number of votes and the number of seats is apparent., there is a terr…

noun

A break or hole in an object or between two objects.

Usage examples:

He peeped through the gap in the curtains

noun

An empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things

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Picking up speed, she closed the gap between them., she has a gap between her front teeth., after a…

noun

A difference between two numbers, amounts, or levels

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Forecasters are predicting a budget gap of nearly $17 bn next year., there is a $40 million shortfa…

noun

A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.

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The land companies began to dredge canals through the marshlands, opening easy access from the sett…

noun

An area of sea surrounded on three sides by land

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The gulf of mexico/the gulf coast, the gulf stream, there is a widening gulf between the rich and t…

noun

The fact of having one side bigger, higher, etc. than the other

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The doctor decided to operate again to try to correct the lopsidedness of his face., i am curious t…

noun

A lack of proportion.

Usage examples:

This misproportion has made the film long-winded and confused

noun

The property of having poles or being polar.

Usage examples:

It exhibits polarity when presented to a magnetic needle

noun

The quality in an object that produces opposite magnetic or electric charges

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

noun

The quality or fact of not being level, equal, flat, or continuous

Usage examples:

This calculation illustrates the general unevenness of the distribution of family responsibilities.…

noun

The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent.

Usage examples:

Her light tone was at variance with her sudden trembling

noun

A change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits.

Usage examples:

Regional variations in house prices

noun

Change in quality, amount, or level

Usage examples:

[ u ] the variation in the price during the past month is startling., [ c ] her movies are all vari…

noun

A change in the amount or level of something

Usage examples:

Unemployment rates for individual counties are not adjusted for seasonal variations., variation in …