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Instability Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Instability? [n] the quality or attribute of being unstable [n] unreliability attributable to being unstable [n] an unstable order [n] a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Instability: imbalance \| unbalance \| unstableness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Instability: ambitendency \| ambivalence \| caducity \| capriciousness \| chanciness \| change of mind \| changeability \| changeableness \| choppiness \| corruptibility \| criticalness \| danger \| dappleness \| death \| decrepitude \| delicacy \| desultoriness \| deviability \| deviation \| difference \| differentiation \| disorder \| divarication \| divergence \| diversification \| double-mindedness \| doubtfulness \| dubiety \| dubiousness \| eccentricity \| ephemerality \| ephemeralness \| erraticism \| evanescence \| fence-sitting \| fence-straddling \| fickleness \| finitude \| fleetingness \| flightiness \| freakishness \| fugacity \| hazard \| hazardousness \| impermanence \| impermanency \| impulsiveness \| incapacity \| inconsistency \| inconstancy \| indecision \| indecisiveness \| inequality \| infirmity \| infirmity of purpose \| insecurity \| insipidity \| insolidity \| insubstantiality \| invalidism \| irregularity \| irresolution \| jerkiness \| mercuriality \| momentariness \| moodiness \| mortality \| motleyness \| mugwumpery \| mugwumpism \| mutability \| nonconformism \| nonconformity \| nonstandardization \| nonuniformity \| peril \| perilousness \| perishability \| pluralism \| precariousness \| raggedness \| restlessness \| ricketiness \| risk \| riskiness \| second thoughts \| senility \| shakiness \| shiftiness \| shiftingness \| slipperiness \| speculativeness \| sword of Damocles \| tergiversation \| ticklish business \| ticklishness \| totteriness \| touchiness \| transience \| transiency \| transientness \| transitoriness \| treacherousness \| treachery \| unauthenticity \| unauthoritativeness \| uncertainty \| unconformism \| unconformity \| undecidedness \| undependability \| undeterminedness \| unevenness \| unfaithworthiness \| unfirmness \| unfixedness \| unhealthiness \| unorthodoxy \| unpredictability \| unreliability \| unsafeness \| unsettledness \| unsettlement \| unsolidity \| unsoundness \| unstableness \| unsteadfastness \| unsteadiness \| unsturdiness \| unsubstantiality \| unsureness \| untrustworthiness \| vapidity \| variability \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| variousness \| versatility \| volatility \| wantonness \| wateriness \| wavering \| waywardness \| whimsicality \| wishy-washiness See Also \| disequilibrium \| disorder \| ricketiness \| shakiness \| undependability \| undependableness \| unreliability \| unreliableness \| unsteadiness Instability In Webster's Dictionary \In`stabil"ity\, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building. 2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison. Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.

Instability Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Instability?

[n] the quality or attribute of being unstable
[n] unreliability attributable to being unstable
[n] an unstable order
[n] a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Instability: imbalance | unbalance | unstableness

Instability In Webster's Dictionary

\In`sta*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L.
instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].]
1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of
   stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way
   or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the
   instability of a building.

2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy;
   fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of
   character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison.

Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering;
     unsteadiness; unstableness.

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