unstableness

[uhn-stey-buhl]

un·sta·ble

[uhn-stey-buhl]
adjective
1.
not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
2.
liable to fall or sway.
3.
unsteadfast; inconstant; wavering: unstable convictions.
4.
marked by emotional instability: an unstable person.
5.
irregular in movement: an unstable heartbeat.
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6.
Chemistry. noting compounds that readily decompose or change into other compounds.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see un-1, stable2

un·sta·ble·ness, noun
un·sta·bly, adverb


2. precarious. 2, 3. See unsettled. 3. vacillating.

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Unstableness is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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unstable (ʌnˈsteɪbəl)
 
adj
1.  lacking stability, fixity, or firmness
2.  disposed to temperamental, emotional, or psychological variability
3.  (of a chemical compound) readily decomposing
4.  physics
 a.  (of an elementary particle) having a very short lifetime
 b.  spontaneously decomposing by nuclear decay; radioactive: an unstable nuclide
5.  electronics (of an electrical circuit, mechanical body, etc) having a tendency to self-oscillation
 
un'stableness
 
n
 
un'stably
 
adv

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