Synonyms for Unstable

Synonyms for "unstable" (385 found)

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Closest matches (77)

Adjective(24 words)

precariousbehavioral inconsistencybreakable bumpiest bumpy chaoticchaotic activitychaotic activity patternchaotic dynamicschaotic environmentschaotic mapchaotic methodchaotic routinechaotic situationcrashydisorganized routinedispersive dissilientdynamical instabilitydysfunctional community

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economic fragility indicatorseconomic precarityemotional volatilityerratic

adrift afloat alternating ambiguous amorphous borderline brittle buoyant canted capricious changeable changeful changing choppy corruptible crumbling dangerous deciduous decrepit desultory

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deviable deviating deviative deviatory dickey different disintegrating disorderly divaricate divergent diversified diversiform dizzy doubtful dubious dying eccentric effervescent elastic ephemeral erose erratic

Noun(10 words)

breakables buckling capsizingcategorize as variableclimate of political upheavalcomputer crashcrashingeconomic instabilityeffects of political upheavalemotional dysregulation

Adverb(1 words)

chemically reactive material

Strong matches (116)

Adjective(24 words)

erratic behaviorflightiestfluctuating outputfluidfragile entityfragile habitatsfragile reefsfragiler frailest imbalancedinconsistent issueinconsistent resultsinconsistent specificationsintermittent productionjitteriest jittery jumpy labilelawless frontierlow stability

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mentally illmoody neurotic overthrowable

evanescent excitable explosive fading faithlessfast and loosefickle fitful fleeting flickering flighty flitting fluctuant fluctuating fluidfly-by-nightflying foolish fragile frail

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Verb(9 words)

faltered flickered fluctuated glitching hydroplaned jiggled jitterbugged misbehaving oscillated

Noun(10 words)

fluxingheat unstablehothr jigglingless emotionally stableless solidmechanical instabilitymore unbalancedmore variablenonresilience unit

Determiner(2 words)

more net unbalanced forcemost sudden motion-change

Related words (192)

Adjective(56 words)

political chaospolitical collapsepolitical collapsespolitical upheavalradical speciesrandomized algorithm performancerapid decompositionreactive ricketier ricketiestscattered attentionshakier shakiest shaky shiftier skittishsocial instabilitysocial unrestspoilablestatic instability

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temperamental tenuousthin icetipsier tipsy troubled tumultuous turbulentturbulent flowunbalancedunbalanced teamuneasiest uneasy unpredictableunpredictable futureunrelaxedunreliable evidenceunreliable memoryunsafe housingunsound unsoundest unsteadier unsteadiest unsteady unsupportableunsupported areauntenable vacillant volatilewavering noteweak enforcementweak rule of lawweak structurewobblier wobbliest wonky

poor poorish precarious protean provisional ragged rambling ramshackle resilient restless risky rocky rootless rottenrotten atrough roving scatterbrained sensitive shaking

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Noun(22 words)

quaking quaveryrapidly changingrioting shaking shivering slaking sloshingsoftware glitchspot price volatilitystaggeringstructural instabilitystumbling teeteringtip over easilytipping overtoppling governmentvagabond vilyui whipsaw

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wobbler wobbling

Adjective(4 words)

rickety tottering unsteady wobbly

Verb(4 words)

skidded staggered tipover unscrewed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

6 entries

characteristic condition property quality state trait

More specific

9 entries

erratic fragile inconsistent moody precarious shaky temperamental unpredictable volatile

Collocations

5 entries

highly unstableunstable climateunstable economyunstable groundunstable situation

Inflections

2 entries

more unstablemost unstable

Derivations

1 entries

instability

Antonyms

1 entries

stable

similar

29 entries

changeable changeful coseismal coseismic crank cranky explosive impermanent inconstant insane irresolute reactive rickety rocky seismal seismic

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Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (279838)

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

Source: tatoeba (286539)

Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.

Source: tatoeba (907463)

Antimatter is highly unstable.

Source: tatoeba (952332)

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Unstable