- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. Source: opted
- 3. n. an unstable order Source: wordnet
- 4. n. unreliability attributable to being unstable Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium Source: wordnet
- 6. n. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 8. n:100 n. an unstable order n. unreliability attributable to being unstable n. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute Source: ecdict
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