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Antonyms for balanced

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bal-uhnst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl ənst

Definition of balanced

Origin :
  • early 13c., "apparatus for weighing," from Old French balance (12c.) "balance, scales for weighing," also in the figurative sense; from Medieval Latin bilancia, from Late Latin bilanx, from Latin (libra) bilanx "(scale) having two pans," possibly from Latin bis "twice" + lanx "dish, plate, scale of a balance." The accounting sense is from 1580s; the meaning "general harmony between parts" is from 1732; sense of "physical equipoise" is from 1660s. Balance of power in the geopolitical sense is from 1701. Many figurative uses are from Middle English image of the scales in the hands of personified Justice, Fortune, Fate, etc.; e.g. hang in the balance (late 14c.).
  • adj equalized
  • adj settled financially
Example sentences :
  • The Road-Runner balanced on his slender legs and cocked his head trailwise.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There were other and still other banners, in velvet or in satin, balanced at the end of gilded batons.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • I had balanced a little hitherto between the epicier and the Vicomte.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • She took out two little hats, and balanced them on either hand.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • He screamed and kicked over the chair his foot was balanced on.
  • Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin
  • They did not understand that the powers in a state should be balanced.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • A few, balanced with feet wide apart, remained standing like statues.
  • Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
  • The matter stands so balanced that neither of us dare put it to the test.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He gave it into her open hand where she balanced it thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Your shamelessness is balanced with gold for you at every step.
  • Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

Synonyms for balanced

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