Unstable
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English
Adjective
Unstable (comparative more Unstable, superlative most Unstable)
- having a strong tendency to change
- fluctuating; not constant
- fickle
- unpredictable
- (chemistry) Readily decompasable
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life
Synonyms
- instable (rare)
Antonyms
Related terms
- instability
- unstability (rare)
Adverbs for Unstable
lamentably; deplorably; miserably; ridiculously; obviously; dangerously; alarmingly;ominously; desperately; manifestly; perilously; unpardonably; carelessly; notoriously; flagrantly; unforgivably
Thesaurus
adrift, afloat, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, borderline, brittle, buoyant, canted, capricious, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, corruptible, crumbling, dangerous, deciduous, decrepit, desultory, deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory, dickey, different, disintegrating, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, doubtful, dubious, dying, eccentric, effervescent, elastic, ephemeral, erose, erratic, evanescent, fading, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fleeting, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluid, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, freakish, fugacious, fugitive, giddy, hazardous, heeling, ill-balanced, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indefinite, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, jagged, jerky, leaning, listing, lopsided, lubricious, mazy, mercurial, mobile, momentary, moody, mortal, motley, moving, mutable, nonconformist, nondurable, nonpermanent, nonstandard, nonuniform, off-balance, overbalanced, passing, perilous, perishable, pluralistic, poor, poorish, precarious, protean, provisional, ragged, rambling, resilient, restless, risky, rocky, rootless, rotten, rotten at, rough, roving, scatterbrained, shaky, shapeless, short-lived, shuffling, slippery, spasmodic, spineless, sporadic, suspect, temperamental, temporal, temporary, tentative, tergiversating, ticklish, top-heavy, tottery, transient, transitive, transitory, treacherous, tricky, unaccountable, unbalanced, uncertain, uncontrolled, undecided, undependable, undisciplined, undurable, unenduring, unequable, unequal, uneven, unfaithworthy, unfirm, unfixed, unhealthy, unorthodox, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsafe, unsettled, unsolid, unsound, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsturdy, unsubstantial, unsure, unsystematic, untrustworthy, ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, weak, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbly
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪbəl
