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Synonyms for unstable
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Wiktionary
unstableadjective
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstableadjective
having a strong tendency to change
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stableunstableadjective
fluctuating; not constant
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fickle
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unpredictable
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stableunstableadjective
Readily decompasable
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stableunstableadjective
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?
It became clear that there were two main factors, first that overall climates were becoming cooler, and this made life harder for the dinosaurs which likely relied on warm temperatures, then, the loss of herbivores made the ecosystems unstable and prone to [an] extinction cascade. We also found that the longer-lived dinosaur species were more liable to extinction, perhaps reflecting that they could not adapt to the new conditions on Earth.
The implications of unmitigated climate change for the UAE make its cities unbearably hot, water even more scarce and the region more unstable, action alone and collectively to live in balance with the planet is fundamental for UAE's future prosperity.
There's slashings. There's shootings, my last email to the mayor's office was that, amongst other things, we just had a massacre in Texas, an unstable man who was ignored, but it's not like people didn't know he was unstable. We have a park of mentally unstable people currently slashing and shooting each other. What would make us think this wouldn't turn into something much more tragic ?
If people get pessimistic, we'll go into a recession. If people maintain optimism, then the economy will probably have a soft landing -- but it makes for a very unstable situation, the economy depends on expectations, and expectations depend on the economy.
The hurricane remains in a very favorable environment for further intensification, including low vertical wind shear, deep moist unstable air and warm water.
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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