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Meaning of 'unstable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unstable [ a.]
- Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

Meaning of 'unstable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unstable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
Example in sentence:
  • an unstable world economy;
  • the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind;
  • unstable political conditions
2 . unstable [ s]
Meaning (2):
- subject to change; variable
Example in sentence:
  • a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty;
  • everything was unstable following the coup
Meaning (3):
- affording no ease or reassurance
Example in sentence:
  • a precarious truce
Meaning (4):
- disposed to psychological variability
Example in sentence:
  • his rather unstable religious convictions
Meaning (5):
- suffering from severe mental illness
Example in sentence:
  • of unsound mind
Meaning (6):
- highly or violently reactive
Example in sentence:
  • sensitive and highly unstable compounds

Nearby Words:

unsacrament unsad unsadden unsaddle unsadness unsafety unsaint unsaintly unsalable unsanctification

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