unstable
IPA: ʌnstˈeɪbʌɫ
verb
- (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.
adjective
- Not stable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Fickle.
- Unpredictable.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
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Examples of "unstable" in Sentences
- The variegation in some forms is unstable.
- His body changes into an unstable protoplasm.
- Labile affect is unstable display of emotion.
- Is it because of the unstable nature of radium
- He is the most unstable and insane of the psychos.
- Some of the emigrants seemed emotionally unstable.
- As her name suggests, she is flighty and unstable.
- The other option is that the gravitino is unstable.
- The backbone of the polymer is hydrolytically unstable.
- Both the sulfur and the oxygen are thermodynamically unstable.