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   unstable

   /ʌnˈsteɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. likely to give way; not stable: "the unstable cliff tops" Similar unsteadyrockywobblywobblingricketyshakytotterytotteringteeteringdodderyunsafeunbalancedunreliableinsecurenot secureunfastenedunsecuredmovableprecariousbocketyOpposite stablesteady
   • ▪ likely to change or fail; not firmly established: "some students found themselves in unstable housing situations" Similar changeablevolatilevariableunsettledfluctuatinginconstantinconsistentirregularfitfulunpredictableunreliableficklecapriciousmercurialerraticuncertainwaveringinformal:peakyOpposite stablefirm
   • ▪ prone to psychiatric problems or sudden changes of mood: "he was mentally unstable" Similar unbalancedof unsound mindmentally illderangeddementedcrazeddistractedtroubleddisturbedunhingedinsanemadmad as a hattermad as a March hareraving madlunaticout of one's mind/headnot in one's right mindneuroticpsychoticnon compos mentissectionableinformal:crazyloopyloonymixed upnutsnuttynutty as a fruitcakebananascrackedcrackpotdippyscrewybatscuckoobonkersmentalscrewed upnot all thereoff one's headout to luncha bit lackinground the benddaftbarmycrackersbarkingbarking madbattydottypottyoff one's trolley/rockerdaft as a brushnot the full shillinground the twistaway with the fairiesnutsynutsosquirrellywackobuggydated:touchedOpposite stablebalanced

   Derivatives

   • 1. unstableness noun
   • 2. unstably adverb

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