imbalance

déséquilibre

Situation où les parties ou quantités sont mal proportionnées ou fonctionnent mal ensemble.

En anglais simple : A situation in which different parts or amounts are not equal or do not work well together.

• There is a clear imbalance of power.
• The medicine helps correct a hormonal imbalance.
• An imbalance between income and spending caused the problem.

Comment l'utiliser : an imbalance between A and B (There is an imbalance between supply and demand.); an imbalance in something (The report found an imbalance in spending.)

Synonymes : disparity, unevenness

Contraires : balance

Expressions courantes : power imbalance, hormonal imbalance, imbalance between things