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Instability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being unstable. uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute wordnet
  3. 3
    A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect. countable
  4. 4
    unreliability attributable to being unstable wordnet
  5. 5
    an unstable order wordnet
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  1. 6
    a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas. Morphologically in- + stability.

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