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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Unstable \Un*sta"ble\, a. [Cf. Instable.]
     Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change
     or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under
        Stable.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Unstable \Un*sta"ble\, a. [Cf. Instable.]
     Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change
     or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. Chaucer.
  
     Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under
        Stable.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  unstable
       adj 1: lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political
              conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the
              high wind"; "an unstable world economy" [ant: stable]
       2: highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable
          compounds"
       3: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" [syn:
           precarious]
       4: suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"
          [syn: mentally ill, unsound]
       5: disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable
          religious convictions"
       6: subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with
          uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
          [syn: fluid]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     Αγγλικά a.
     ασταθής

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     a.
     1 Not stable.
     2 Having a strong tendency to change.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     a.
     1 Not stable.
     2 Having a strong tendency to change.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     a.
     1 Not stable.
     2 Having a strong tendency to change.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     a.
     1 Not stable.
     2 Having a strong tendency to change.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     Englanti a.
     epävakaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unstable
     Engelska a.
     instabil

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  غير مستقر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  unstable //ʌnˈsteɪbəɫ// 
  нестабилен
  not stable

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
   [eko] nestálý, nestabilní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/ 
  nestabilní

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/ 
  ansad 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  haltlos 
   see: more unstable, most unstable
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  instabil, unstabil, zersetzlich, labil, unsicher 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  instabil  [math.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  labil, unbeständig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  
  ασταθής, ανερμάτιστος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  unstable //ʌnˈsteɪbəɫ// 
  epävakaa
  not stable

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/ 
  1. अस्थिर
        "People are anxious about the  unstable political conditions."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  labilan, nepostojan, nestabilan, nestabilna

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  1. ingatag
  2. bizonytalan

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  unstable //ʌnˈsteɪbəɫ// 
  labil
  not stable

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  unstable /ʌnˈsteɪbəl/ 
   1.  niestabilny
   2.  źle przymocowany
   3.  rozchwiany

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  instável

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  unstable //ʌnˈsteɪbəɫ// 
  instabil
  not stable

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  unstable /ʌnstˈeɪbəl/
  1. sabit veya sağlam olmayan
  2. kararsız, hercai, yeltek, gelgeç, dönek, kaypak
  3. (kim.) çabuk eriyen veya değişen
  4. değişken. unstableness, unstabil'ity  sabitsizlik
  5. kararsızlık, döneklik
  6. değişkenlik. unstably  kararsızca
  7. sabit olmayarak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ənˈsteɪbəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  197 Moby Thesaurus words for "unstable":
     adrift, afloat, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, borderline,
     brittle, buoyant, canted, capricious, changeable, changeful,
     changing, choppy, corruptible, crumbling, dangerous, deciduous,
     decrepit, desultory, deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory,
     dickey, different, disintegrating, disorderly, divaricate,
     divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, doubtful, dubious,
     dying, eccentric, effervescent, elastic, ephemeral, erose, erratic,
     evanescent, fading, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fleeting,
     flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluid,
     fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, freakish, fugacious,
     fugitive, giddy, hazardous, heeling, ill-balanced, impermanent,
     impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive,
     indefinite, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute,
     irresponsible, jagged, jerky, leaning, listing, lopsided,
     lubricious, mazy, mercurial, mobile, momentary, moody, mortal,
     motley, moving, mutable, nonconformist, nondurable, nonpermanent,
     nonstandard, nonuniform, off-balance, overbalanced, passing,
     perilous, perishable, pluralistic, poor, poorish, precarious,
     protean, provisional, ragged, rambling, resilient, restless, risky,
     rocky, rootless, rotten, rotten at, rough, roving, scatterbrained,
     shaky, shapeless, short-lived, shuffling, slippery, spasmodic,
     spineless, sporadic, suspect, temperamental, temporal, temporary,
     tentative, tergiversating, ticklish, top-heavy, tottery, transient,
     transitive, transitory, treacherous, tricky, unaccountable,
     unbalanced, uncertain, uncontrolled, undecided, undependable,
     undisciplined, undurable, unenduring, unequable, unequal, uneven,
     unfaithworthy, unfirm, unfixed, unhealthy, unorthodox,
     unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsafe, unsettled,
     unsolid, unsound, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast,
     unsteady, unsturdy, unsubstantial, unsure, unsystematic,
     untrustworthy, ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, variable,
     variegated, variform, various, varying, vicissitudinary,
     vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery,
     wavy, wayward, weak, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbly
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不稳定的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不稳定的

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