Instability vs. Unstable
Instability and Unstable Definitions
Instability
The quality or condition of being unstable
Economic instability.
Emotional instability.
Unstable
Tending strongly to change
Unstable weather.
Instability
(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
Unstable
Not constant; fluctuating
Unstable vital signs.
Instability
A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
Unstable
Wavering or fickle
At first, he was unstable in his decisions.
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Instability
The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
Unstable
Showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior.
Instability
Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.
Unstable
Not firmly placed; unsteady
An unstable ladder.
Instability
An unstable order
Unstable
Decomposing readily.
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Instability
Unreliability attributable to being unstable
Unstable
Highly or violently reactive.
Instability
A state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease)
Unstable
Decaying with relatively short lifetime. Used of subatomic particles.
Instability
The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
Unstable
Radioactive.
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Unstable
Not stable.
Unstable
Having a strong tendency to change.
Unstable
Fluctuating; not constant.
Unstable
Fickle.
Unstable
Unpredictable.
Unstable
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
Unstable
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Unstable
(transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.
Unstable
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
Unstable
Lacking stability or fixity or firmness;
Unstable political conditions
The tower proved to be unstable in the high wind
An unstable world economy
Unstable
Highly or violently reactive;
Sensitive and highly unstable compounds
Unstable
Affording no ease or reassurance;
A precarious truce
Unstable
Suffering from severe mental illness;
Of unsound mind
Unstable
Disposed to psychological variability;
His rather unstable religious convictions
Unstable
Subject to change; variable;
A fluid situation fraught with uncertainty
Everything was unstable following the coup
