unstable

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adjective

1. lacking stability or fixity or firmness (Freq. 5)
- unstable political conditions
- the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind
- an unstable world economy
• Ant:
stable
• Similar to:
coseismic, coseismal, crank, cranky, tender,
tippy, explosive, volatile, rickety, shaky, wobbly,
wonky, rocky, seismic, seismal, tipsy, top-heavy,
tottering, volcanic
• See Also:
impermanent, temporary, inconstant, unsteady
• Derivationally related forms:
unstableness
2. highly or violently reactive (Freq. 1)
- sensitive and highly unstable compounds
• Similar to:
reactive
• Derivationally related forms:
unstableness
3. affording no ease or reassurance (Freq. 1)
- a precarious truce
• Syn:
precarious
• Similar to:
uneasy
• Derivationally related forms:
unstableness, precariousness (for: precarious)
4. suffering from severe mental illness
- of unsound mind
• Syn:
mentally ill, unsound
• Similar to:
insane
• Derivationally related forms:
unstableness, unsoundness (for: unsound)
5. disposed to psychological variability
- his rather unstable religious convictions
• Similar to:
irresolute
• Derivationally related forms:
unstableness
6. subject to change;
variable
- a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty
- everything was unstable following the coup
• Syn:
fluid
• Similar to:
changeable, changeful
• Derivationally related forms:
fluidness (for: fluid)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fluid, mentally ill, unsound, precarious