Unstable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending strongly to change: unstable weather.
  • adj. Not constant; fluctuating: unstable vital signs.
  • adj. Fickle.
  • adj. Lacking control of one's emotions; marked by unpredictable behavior.
  • adj. Not firmly placed; unsteady: an unstable ladder.
  • adj. Chemistry Decomposing readily.
  • adj. Chemistry Highly or violently reactive.
  • adj. Physics Decaying with relatively short lifetime. Used of subatomic particles.
  • adj. Physics Radioactive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having a strong tendency to change
  • adj. fluctuating; not constant
  • adj. fickle
  • adj. unpredictable
  • adj. Readily decompasable
  • adj. Radioactive, especially with a short half-life
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make no longer a stable or filthy abode.
  • Not stable; not fixed.
  • Not steady; inconstant; irresolute; wavering.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. subject to change; variable
  • adj. disposed to psychological variability
  • adj. highly or violently reactive
  • adj. lacking stability or fixity or firmness
  • adj. affording no ease or reassurance
  • adj. suffering from severe mental illness
  • Equivalent
    changeful    changeable    irresolute    reactive    volatile    coseismal    tipsy    rocky    explosive    volcanic   
    Antonym
    constant    stable   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    changeable    inconstant    infirm    instable    variable    fluctuant    wavering    fluid    labile    crank   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abel    Cable    Gable    Mabel    Mable    Sable    able    cable    chaebol    disable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    volatile    unpredictable    uncertain    unreliable    precarious    fragile    insecure    vulnerable    fickle    sensitive