unstable, adj.
freq. cnt. 7
freq. cnt. 7
lacking stability or fixity or firmness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
unstable
sample sentences
"unstable political conditions""the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"
"an unstable world economy"
semantic pointers
also see
similar to
affording no ease or reassurance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
precarious unstable
sample sentences
"a precarious truce"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
highly or violently reactive
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
unstable
sample sentences
"sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
subject to change; variable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
fluid unstable
sample sentences
"a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty""everything was unstable following the coup"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
disposed to psychological variability
<adj.all>
unstable
sample sentences
"his rather unstable religious convictions"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
suffering from severe mental illness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
mentally ill unsound unstable
sample sentences
"of unsound mind"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to