unstable in English dictionary

  • unstable

    Meanings and definitions of "unstable"

    • having a strong tendency to change
    • fluctuating; not constant
    • fickle
    • unpredictable
    • (chemistry) Readily decompasable
    • (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life
    • adjective
      Having a strong tendency to change.
    • adjective
      Fluctuating; not constant.
    • adjective
      Fickle.
    • adjective
      Unpredictable.
    • adjective
      (chemistry)
      Readily decomposable.
    • adjective
      (physics)
      Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To release (an animal) from a stable.
    • not stable
    • Lacking physical stability.
    • adjective
      affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
    • adjective
      disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions"
    • adjective
      highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
    • adjective
      lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
    • adjective
      subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
    • adjective
      suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"

    Synonyms of "unstable" in English dictionary

    unsound, rickety, tippy are the top synonyms of "unstable" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "unstable" in English dictionary

    stable is the antonym of "unstable" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of unstable

    • unstable ( comparative more unstable, superlative most unstable)
    • unstable (comparative more unstable, superlative most unstable)
    • unstable (third-person singular simple present unstables, present participle unstabling, simple past and past participle unstabled)
  • Unstable

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