Synonyms for unstable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-stey-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsteɪ bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for unstable Other synonyms for the word unstable
- borderline
- capricious
- dizzy
- dubious
- fitful
- fluctuating
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- not fixed
- rickety
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- suspect
- teetering
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsettled
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- variable
- volatile
- wavering
- weak
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
Définition of unstable
Origin :- early 13c., "apt to move," from un- (1) "not" + stable (adj.). Cf. Middle High German unstabel. Meaning "liable to fall" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "fickle" is attested from late 13c. An Old English word for this was feallendlic, which might have become *fally.
- adj doubtful
- All his weight was on one foot, and he was in a state of unstable equilibrium.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Yes, indeed, yes; I know she's as unstable as water and as hard to hold as a puff of wind.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Moral standards are as unstable as the shifting sands of the sea.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- We can see here very clearly how unstable a thing polytheism is.
- Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
- They are unstable, improvident, easily discouraged, easily led astray.
- Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
- It is the essence of all that is bright, imaginative, and fine, but it is as unstable as water.
- Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
- The easier path lies in the giving way to the unstable emotions.
- Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
- How expositive is all this of the unstable fashion of Mr. Ruskin's temper and writings!
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- I am unstable as water; incoherent, inconsistent, a very chameleon!
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Black (p. 025) powder was, and is, both dangerous and unstable.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
Antonyms for unstable
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