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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

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