Unstable Definition & Meaning
unstable
- adjective
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
- highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
- affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
- suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"
- disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions"
- subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
"Unstable" in song lyrics
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"The market's way too unstable"
Asheru f/ Ken Starr, Talib Kweli — If -
"I'm a lunatic and my mind is unstable"
Blaze Ya Dead Homie — Saturday Afternoon -
"Slipped through a grasp on the broken glass, highly unstable"
Cage — Hell's Winter
Words that rhyme with unstable
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- What does unstable mean?
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds" affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions" subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty
- What part of speech is unstable?
- Unstable is an adjective.
- How many definitions does unstable have?
- Unstable has 6 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).