Gold prices are skyrocketing in the wake of financial instability.
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Instability
Synonyms for "instability" (157 found)
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nonuniformityperilperilousnessperishabilitypluralismprecariousnessraggednessrestlessnessricketinessriskriskinesssecond thoughtssenilityshakinessshiftinessshiftingnessslipperinessspeculativenesssword of damoclestergiversation
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ticklish businessticklishnesstotterinesstouchinesstransiencetransiencytransientnesstransitorinesstreacherousnesstreacheryunauthenticityunauthoritativenessuncertaintyunconformismunconformityundecidednessundependabilityundeterminednessunevennessunfaithworthinessunfirmnessunfixednessunhealthinessunorthodoxyunpredictabilityunreliabilityunsafenessunsettlednessunsettlementunsolidityunsoundnessunstabilityunstablenessunsteadfastnessunsteadinessunsturdinessunsubstantialityunsurenessuntrustworthinessvapidityvariabilityvariationvariegationvarietyvariousnessversatilityvertigowantonnesswaterinesswaveringwaywardnesswhimsicalitywishy-washiness
Noun(5 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀκαταστασία noun (quality of being unstable)
- ἀκαταστασία noun (physical state)
Asturian
1 entries- inestabilidá noun (quality of being unstable)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sabitsizlik noun (quality of being unstable)
Bulgarian
2 entries- нестабилност noun (quality of being unstable)
- нестабилност noun (physical state)
Catalan
1 entries- inestabilitat noun (quality of being unstable)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不穩固 /不稳固 noun (quality of being unstable)
- 不穩固 /不稳固 noun (physical state)
- 不穩固性 /不稳固性 noun (quality of being unstable)
- 不穩固性 /不稳固性 noun (physical state)
Dutch
2 entries- instabiliteit noun (quality of being unstable)
- instabiliteit noun (physical state)
Finnish
2 entries- epätasapaino noun (physical state)
- epävakaus noun (quality of being unstable)
French
1 entries- instabilité noun (quality of being unstable)
Galician
1 entries- inestabilidade noun (quality of being unstable)
Georgian
2 entries- არამდგრადობა noun (quality of being unstable)
- არასტაბილურობა noun (quality of being unstable)
German
2 entries- Instabilität noun (quality of being unstable)
- Instabilität noun (physical state)
Irish
1 entries- éagobhsaíocht noun (quality of being unstable)
Italian
2 entries- dissesto noun (quality of being unstable)
- instabilità noun (quality of being unstable)
Latin
1 entries- instabilitas noun (quality of being unstable)
Malay
2 entries- ketidakstabilan noun (quality of being unstable)
- ketidakstabilan noun (physical state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ustabilitet noun (quality of being unstable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ustabilitet noun (quality of being unstable)
Persian
1 entries- ناپایداری noun (quality of being unstable)
Polish
1 entries- niestabilność noun (quality of being unstable)
Portuguese
1 entries- instabilidade noun (quality of being unstable)
Russian
4 entries- зы́бкость noun (quality of being unstable)
- непостоя́нство noun (quality of being unstable)
- непро́чность noun (quality of being unstable)
- непро́чность noun (physical state)
Spanish
2 entries- inestabilidad noun (quality of being unstable)
- inestabilidad noun (physical state)
Tajik
1 entries- нопойдорӣ noun (quality of being unstable)
Turkish
2 entries- dengesizlik noun (quality of being unstable)
- dengesizlik noun (physical state)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нестабі́льність noun (quality of being unstable)
- несті́йкість noun (quality of being unstable)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
In physics, the Jeans instability causes the collapse of interstellar gas clouds and subsequent star formation.
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The country is going through a period of economic instability.
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That man is abusive trash who's lied in circles over and over again. We have no reason to believe that this isn't just more emotional manipulation. I've seen this exact thing happen over and over again with other abusers like him in different places. Abusers like him use their perceived instability as social capital to keep their trust and good faith alive long after it's been crushed again and again by their cruelty and perversion.
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