well-balanced

[wel-bal-uhnst]

adjective

1. rightly balanced, adjusted, or regulated.

   a well-balanced diet.

2. sensible; sane.

   a well-balanced mind.

well-balanced

adjective

1. having good balance or proportions

2. of balanced mind; sane or sensible

Word History and Origins

Origin of well-balanced¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s dry and well-balanced, with a bright but not overly assertive acidity, deft minerality and pleasingly delicate persistence in the mouth.

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The U.K. treasury chief, Rachel Reeves, is likely to deliver a well-balanced budget that restores investor confidence and avoids political unrest, the economists said.

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Don’t forget the recently completed fifth season of the spy caper “Slow Horses,” which leaned more into dark comedy and may have been its best and most well-balanced season yet.

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I didn't think that would happen either, but Thomas Frank's teams are usually so well-balanced and I am expecting them to bounce back.

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“Private Music” stands not just as a wonderfully cohesive riff-heavy body of work with a relentless energy that is the next shapeshifting step in the Deftones catalog, but is also a well-balanced album.

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