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balanced

  • adjective
  • bal·anced
  • /ˈbælənst/

Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.

Example

“He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.”

Related words

  • balancedness
  • contrabalanced
  • dysbalanced
  • imbalanced
  • inbalanced
  • nonbalanced
  • unbalanced
  • underbalanced
  • balanced diet
  • balanced budget
  • balanced category
  • gender-balanced

Example sentences

  • “A balanced lifestyle enhances natural beauty.”

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This definition is adapted from “balanced” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.