Thesaurus: instability

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1. n. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
2. n. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.
3. n. an unstable order
4. n. unreliability attributable to being unstable
5. n. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
6. n. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
7. 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building. 2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. Addison. Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
8. n:100 n. an unstable order n. unreliability attributable to being unstable n. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute