Unstable

//ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl//

"Unstable" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Future prospects for ASEAN seem unstable, no matter how you look at it.

The political situation was, to say the least, extremely unstable during the next ten years of his reign.

Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.

Antimatter is highly unstable.

Do not place the console or accessories on surfaces that are unstable, tilted or subject to vibration.

The wormhole is unstable.

That's a highly energetic and unstable compound. Don't make it.

Tom's unstable.

It's too unstable.

The unstable security situation in Syria also affects Turkey.

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unstable foundation

The structure is too unstable to stand safely.

The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

politically unstable

The political situation remains unstable.

chemically unstable

When the last tune of music floated from the fleet, he unstabled his quarter horse and headed for the coastal road leading west and north on his circuit.

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