Associations to the word «Unstable»

Wiktionary

UNSTABLE, adjective. Having a strong tendency to change.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Fluctuating; not constant.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Fickle.
UNSTABLE, adjective. Unpredictable.
UNSTABLE, adjective. (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
UNSTABLE, adjective. (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.

Dictionary definition

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".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions".
UNSTABLE, adjective. Subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley