Associations to the word «Unstable»

Wiktionary

UNSTABLE, adjective. Having a strong tendency to change.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Fluctuating; not constant.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Fickle.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Unpredictable.
UNSTABLE, adjective. (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
UNSTABLE, adjective. (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.

Dictionary definition

UNSTABLE, adjective. Lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup".

Wise words

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