Synonyms for instability
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-stuh-bil-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn stəˈbɪl ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for instability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- variability
- wavering
Définition of instability
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French instabilite "inconstancy," from Latin instabilitatem (nominative instabilitas) "unsteadiness," from instabilis "unsteady," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + stabilis (see stable (2)).
- noun imbalance, inconstancy
- He knew that both Ruth and he had the instability as well as the initiative of the vagabond.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
- The instability of the laws has always been one of the most serious grievances.
- Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold
- But alas and alackaday for the instability of youthful affection!
- Extract from : « The Holy Cross and Other Tales » by Eugene Field
- When the storm commenced, her dwelling had begun to show symptoms of instability.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
- But in the background of her mind there had always lurked a warning of his instability.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- But they showed the instability of the usual lackland wanderers.
- Extract from : « The Weakling » by Everett B. Cole
- The leading trait of the negro is his instability, his superficiality.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 » by Various
- The task, owing to the weakness and instability of the Baroness, was not difficult.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- Probably the worst of these abuses was the instability of the monks.
- Extract from : « A Source Book for Mediaeval History » by Oliver J. Thatcher
- The instability of all human things is familiar to me, to you it is new and oppressive.'
- Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Antonyms for instability
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