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unstable

/@/n'st/eI/b/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. lacking stability or fixity or firmness

    adj.all

    Examples
    Unstable political conditions.
    The tower proved to be unstable in the high wind.
    An unstable world economy.
    Antonyms stable

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. highly or violently reactive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Sensitive and highly unstable compounds.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. affording no ease or reassurance

    adj.all

    Synonyms precarious

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. suffering from severe mental illness

    adj.all

    Synonyms mentally ill unsound

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. disposed to psychological variability

    adj.all

    Examples
    His rather unstable religious convictions.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. subject to change; variable

    adj.all

    Examples
    Everything was unstable following the coup.
    Synonyms fluid

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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