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U — Unability to Unballasted (Part 7 of 7)

1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.

Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly.
Pope.

2. (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.

3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope.

Unballast
(Un*bal"last) v. t. [1st pref. un- + ballast.] To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. Totten.

Unballast
(Un*bal"last), a. Not ballasted. [Obs. & R.] Addison.

Unballasted
(Un*bal"last*ed), a.

1. [Properly p. p. unballast.] Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

2. [Pref. un- not + ballasted.] Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.

Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan.
De Quincey.