unstable

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective lacking stability or fixity or firmness
  2. adjective highly or violently reactive
  3. adjective affording no ease or reassurance

Etymology

From Middle English unstable; equivalent to un- (not) + stable.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Similar
tipsy, coseismic, explosive, rickety
Opposite (antonyms)
stable

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