Imbalance
noun
A situation where two or more things are not equal or have an unequal relationship.
The imbalance between supply and demand is causing inflation.
Often appears as...
- imbalance of power
- hormonal imbalance
noun
A state where the body does not have the right amounts of certain things that are necessary for it to work normally.
The doctor said her symptoms might be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Often appears as...
- chemical imbalance
- electrolyte imbalance
noun
A situation where two or more things are not equal or have an unequal relationship.
The imbalance between supply and demand is causing inflation.
Often appears as...
- imbalance of power
- hormonal imbalance
noun
A state where the body does not have the right amounts of certain things that are necessary for it to work normally.
The doctor said her symptoms might be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Often appears as...
- chemical imbalance
- electrolyte imbalance
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Social Contexts
Use 'imbalance' to describe issues in society, like unequal wealth distribution or power dynamics.
Social imbalance has led to widespread protests.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Terms
'Imbalance' is often used in economics to discuss unequal trade, budgets, or markets.
Trade imbalance affects a country's economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Usage
Use 'imbalance' to talk about ecological issues, like species number differences.
An imbalance in predator-prey numbers can disrupt an ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Contexts
Use 'imbalance' to describe issues in society, like unequal wealth distribution or power dynamics.
Social imbalance has led to widespread protests.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Terms
'Imbalance' is often used in economics to discuss unequal trade, budgets, or markets.
Trade imbalance affects a country's economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Usage
Use 'imbalance' to talk about ecological issues, like species number differences.
An imbalance in predator-prey numbers can disrupt an ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Contexts
Use 'imbalance' to describe issues in society, like unequal wealth distribution or power dynamics.
Social imbalance has led to widespread protests.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Terms
'Imbalance' is often used in economics to discuss unequal trade, budgets, or markets.
Trade imbalance affects a country's economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Usage
Use 'imbalance' to talk about ecological issues, like species number differences.
An imbalance in predator-prey numbers can disrupt an ecosystem.
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The brain in love PIPE...
He said, "The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need, it is an urge, it is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out." I've also come to believe that romantic love is an a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well,
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This could be why you're...
and more about the imbalances in the way we live. Drugs give real relief to some people -- they gave relief to me for a while -- but precisely because this problem goes deeper than their biology, the solutions need to go much deeper, too. But when I first learned that,
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How does fracking work?...
Links between fracking and increased seismic activity leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground.
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The role of disruption...
start with a human at the center and we look for the logic that threads the world together good or bad imbalance in a horizontal slice so through the whole world space and then we interrogate the world with a series of vertical dives
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The dirty secret of...
And by pretending that the giant imbalance in power between capital and labor doesn't exist, neoliberal economic theory became essentially a protection racket for the rich. The third assumption, and by far the most pernicious,
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James Hansen: Why I must...
The deep ocean is also gaining heat at a smaller rate, and energy is going into the net melting of ice all around the planet. And the land, to depths of tens of meters, is also warming. The total energy imbalance now
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Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
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Climate change will...
to the point of global imbalance. Our social, political and economic systems of extraction must be transformed into systems that regenerate the earth and advance human liberty globally.
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Shark Awareness Day PIPE...
sharks keep ecosystems healthy with all these all these sharks around the submarine sharks have such an important role in the ecosystem they keep the ocean ecosystem imbalance and
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The Making of Walking...
tomorrow it doesn't feel like anything that would actually exist and walk like this it's not imbalanced put a bit of
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The brain in love PIPE...
He said, "The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need, it is an urge, it is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out." I've also come to believe that romantic love is an a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well,
Video examples
This could be why you're...
and more about the imbalances in the way we live. Drugs give real relief to some people -- they gave relief to me for a while -- but precisely because this problem goes deeper than their biology, the solutions need to go much deeper, too. But when I first learned that,
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
Links between fracking and increased seismic activity leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground.
Video examples
The role of disruption...
start with a human at the center and we look for the logic that threads the world together good or bad imbalance in a horizontal slice so through the whole world space and then we interrogate the world with a series of vertical dives
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
And by pretending that the giant imbalance in power between capital and labor doesn't exist, neoliberal economic theory became essentially a protection racket for the rich. The third assumption, and by far the most pernicious,
Video examples
James Hansen: Why I must...
The deep ocean is also gaining heat at a smaller rate, and energy is going into the net melting of ice all around the planet. And the land, to depths of tens of meters, is also warming. The total energy imbalance now
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
Video examples
Climate change will...
to the point of global imbalance. Our social, political and economic systems of extraction must be transformed into systems that regenerate the earth and advance human liberty globally.
Video examples
Shark Awareness Day PIPE...
sharks keep ecosystems healthy with all these all these sharks around the submarine sharks have such an important role in the ecosystem they keep the ocean ecosystem imbalance and
Video examples
The Making of Walking...
tomorrow it doesn't feel like anything that would actually exist and walk like this it's not imbalanced put a bit of
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
Having a proper understanding of countries' external positions - current accounts, stock positions, and currencies - is critical to highlight policymakers' shared responsibility to tackle external imbalances before they become too risky.
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Kirsten Powers
American Author
By all means, if you have a chemical imbalance, use medication. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be allowed to have a broader conversation about the pharmaceutical industry and the deep structural flaws in our economic system.
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Warren Farrell
American Writer
Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. 'Use' is a dirty word only when there's an imbalance in the relationship.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
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Howard Dean
American Politician
At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
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George Soros
Hungarian Businessman
I see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable. At the same time, I don't exactly see what is going to reverse it.
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Emma Thompson
English Actress
It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.
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Jay Sean
English Musician
I think the charity side of things for me is very important, because if you're not giving something back, there's an imbalance somewhere in your life.
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Hu Jintao
Chinese Statesman
In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
Having a proper understanding of countries' external positions - current accounts, stock positions, and currencies - is critical to highlight policymakers' shared responsibility to tackle external imbalances before they become too risky.
Quote examples
Kirsten Powers
American Author
By all means, if you have a chemical imbalance, use medication. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be allowed to have a broader conversation about the pharmaceutical industry and the deep structural flaws in our economic system.
Quote examples
Warren Farrell
American Writer
Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. 'Use' is a dirty word only when there's an imbalance in the relationship.
Quote examples
Floyd Skloot
American Poet
A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
Quote examples
Howard Dean
American Politician
At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
Quote examples
George Soros
Hungarian Businessman
I see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable. At the same time, I don't exactly see what is going to reverse it.
Quote examples
Emma Thompson
English Actress
It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.
Quote examples
Jay Sean
English Musician
I think the charity side of things for me is very important, because if you're not giving something back, there's an imbalance somewhere in your life.
Quote examples
Hu Jintao
Chinese Statesman
In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.
Quote examples
Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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