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Synonyms for unstable
ʌnˈsteɪ bəlun·sta·ble
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Wiktionary
unstableadjective
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stableunstableadjective
having a strong tendency to change
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fluctuating; not constant
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fickle
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unpredictable
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Readily decompasable
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Radioactive, especially with a short half-life
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unstable
Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.
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doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unsteadyAntonyms:
actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable
Princeton's WordNet
unstableadjective
lacking stability or fixity or firmness
"unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
sane, firm, easy, lasting, stabilised, stabilized, resolute, unreactive, stable, unfluctuating, stabile, steady, unchangeableunstableadjective
highly or violently reactive
"sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
stabilized, lasting, firm, stabile, unchangeable, easy, stable, steady, stabilised, resolute, unreactive, sane, unfluctuatingprecarious, unstableadjective
affording no ease or reassurance
"a precarious truce"
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mentally ill, perilous, parlous, precarious, shaky, touch-and-go, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
stabilised, stable, lasting, unchangeable, unfluctuating, stabile, easy, stabilized, unreactive, steady, resolute, sane, firmmentally ill, unsound, unstableadjective
suffering from severe mental illness
"of unsound mind"
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mentally ill, bad, unfit, fallacious, precarious, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
steady, easy, unreactive, lasting, resolute, firm, stabilised, sane, stabile, stable, unfluctuating, unchangeable, stabilizedunstableadjective
disposed to psychological variability
"his rather unstable religious convictions"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
resolute, lasting, sane, stabilized, unfluctuating, stabilised, stable, stabile, firm, unchangeable, steady, easy, unreactivefluid, unstableadjective
subject to change; variable
"a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
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mentally ill, mobile, liquid, fluent, runny, smooth, precarious, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
firm, lasting, stable, stabile, resolute, steady, unfluctuating, unreactive, unchangeable, sane, easy, stabilised, stabilized
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unstableadjective
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UNSTEADY
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unstableadjective
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insecure, unsteady, irresolute, inconstant, erratic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unstable":
volatile, instability, unsettled, precarious, unsteady, shaky, fragile, destabilizing, uncertain, ever-shifting, labile, insecure, destabilization, stable, fluid
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#534 | mobile | |
#841 | bad | |
#3533 | liquid | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#3947 | stable | |
#5086 | fluid | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#14670 | instability | |
#15665 | risky | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#20530 | fluent | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#40835 | unsettled | |
#45989 | runny | |
#49479 | unsteady | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#63242 | destabilizing | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#79787 | labile | |
#82812 | destabilization | |
#200179 | instable | |
#243836 | parlous |
How to use unstable in a sentence?
. ( AP Photo/Oded Balilty) With seeming boundless energy, the 70-year-old Netanyahu has taken to the airwaves and hit the campaign trail, presenting himself to adoring audiences as a global statesman uniquely qualified to lead the country through its many complicated challenges. In recent weeks, he jetted from the White House to Moscow to bring home a young Israeli woman jailed there on drug charges, and flew to Uganda for a meeting with a leader of Sudan, a longtime enemy country. We have turned Israel into a world power, a leader in cyber technology, natural gas, water, agriculture, technology, intelligence, Netanyahu boasted at a recent campaign stop. He claims credit for a strong economy and boasts of his close relationships with world leaders, first and foremost President Donald Trump, while deriding opponent Benny Gantz as a lightweight. In a message that has drawn accusations of racism, he also accuses Gantz of plotting with Arab lawmakers to oust him. In recent days, Netanyahu and his Netanyahus Likud surrogates spread unfounded allegations claiming his opponent is corrupt, unstable and susceptible to blackmail by Iran. Benny Gantz, CITES TWO ADVISERS WHO LIKENED President Donald Trump TO HITLER Being prime minister of Israel is a complicated thing, full of pressures 24 hours a day, Netanyahu added. I dont think Benny Gantz can handle it. Benny Gantz, a former military chief of staff, has focused Benny Gantz campaign on Netanyahus character, saying a man accused of serious crimes is unfit to lead. Benny Gantz has painted Netanyahu as an out-of-touch egomaniac obsessed with remaining in power and escaping justice, while portraying Benny Gantz as a moderate alternative to the polarizing prime minister. Netanyahu, look me in the eye. Because of your obsession with evading trial, youre lying, attacking, dividing, mudslinging, spreading malicious rumors and inciting. Netanyahu, youre poisoning Israel, Gantz said last week. Netanyahu, youve lost it, and youre unworthy of being prime minister for even a single day longer. Weekend polls, the last to be published before the vote, showed Gantzs Blue and White and Netanyahus Likud party in a tight race, though Gantzs party has shown some small signs of slippage over the past week. Even so, the polls forecast both parties and their smaller partners will again fall short of securing the 61-seat majority in parliament required to form a government. The easiest way out of the deadlock would be a unity government between the two parties, which together are expected to control a solid majority in the 120-seat parliament. But Benny Gantz says Benny Gantz will only form a partnership with Netanyahus Likud if Netanyahu steps down. Netanyahu says he must remain prime minister in any unity deal. The deadlock raised the possibility of a fourth election in quick succession. Turnout of key voting groups could end up deciding the race. Weather may play a role, along with fears of the new corona virus which so far has been kept largely in check. Israel set up some 15 stations to allow voting by the hundreds of Israelis who are in home-quarantine after possible exposure to the virus. The biggest obstacle may be voter fatigue. People are fed up. They think were doomed to another gridlock, so whats the point of voting ? said Guy Ben-Porat, chairman of the department of politics and government at Israels Ben-Gurion University. I think this is the decisive factor in turnout, but I cant tell on which side it will work more. Netanyahu has been charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals in which he is accused of accepting lavish gifts from wealthy friends or exchanging favors with powerful media moguls. With his trial set to start March 17, he is desperate to remain in office. As prime minister, Netanyahu can use his position to rally public support and lash out at what he claims is a vast conspiracy by police, overzealous prosecutors and a hostile media to oust him. Israeli law allows a prime minister to remain in office even if charged with a crime, while requiring other public officials to resign once indicted. While another stalemate seems to be likely, the election could still deliver surprises. Late last week, the Justice Ministry said it would open an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing by a start-up security firm that Benny Gantz chaired after leaving the military. The late-hour announcement was blasted by Gantzs supporters as politically motivated, but its not clear if its had an impact on voters. The firm, which later went out of business, is believed to have won a lucrative police contract without going through a bidding process. Benny Gantz was not named as a suspect. If Netanyahu and his allies can somehow muster a majority, it would give him a new lifeline along with hopes of passing legislation to protect him from prosecution. Gantzs road to victory is even trickier. Cobbling together a coalition would likely rely on outside support from Arab-majority parties a politically unpopular choice that Benny Gantz has ruled out. It also would likely require the support of Avigdor Lieberman, a former Netanyahu ally. Avigdor Lieberman, a wily political operator who has long caused headaches for Netanyahu, has refused to commit to either candidate. But Avigdor Lieberman also has said Avigdor Lieberman will not allow a fourth consecutive election, raising speculation Avigdor Lieberman will ultimately side with Benny Gantz. Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, Israel Democracy Institute, said that if the polls are accurate, the country could face many more months of gridlock unless someone compromises. 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Hurricanes need relatively moist conditions and an unstable atmosphere, the Saharan Air Layer is a warm and dry layer that located about 15,000 feet high so basically that will introduce very dry and warm conditions in the north Atlantic, so that will create very stable and unfavorable conditions to hurricanes.
Operations Section Chief John Flannigan:
Weather's really against us. It's going to be hot, it's going to be dry and air's going to be unstable which helps the heat raise faster, which brings in more air. All things that are negative for firefighters and positive for fire. So it's going to be a real battle today.
Early season snowpack can be highly unstable because of the lack of consistent storms, once the storm door is open to more frequent snow events in January and February, snow begins to pile up in layers on top of the unstable, early season snowfall.
Look, you can rewrite history all you want. But the simple fact is that we are in a much more unstable place because American pulled back.
Translations for unstable
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- inestableCatalan, Valencian
- instabilGerman
- nestabilaEsperanto
- inestableSpanish
- ناپایدارPersian
- epävakaaFinnish
- instableFrench
- inestábel, inestableGalician
- अस्थिरHindi
- labilIndonesian
- ცვალებადი, არამყარიGeorgian
- ಅಸ್ಥಿರKannada
- takahuirangiMāori
- instabielDutch
- instávelPortuguese
- instabil, variabil, inconstantRomanian
- неусто́йчивыйRussian
- нопойдорTajik
- غیر مستحکمUrdu
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