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UNSTABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
Synonyms:
instability; unstableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unstableness" is a kind of...):
unsteadiness (the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unstableness"):
shakiness (the quality of being unstable and insecure)
Antonym:
stableness (the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast)
Derivation:
unstable (affording no ease or reassurance)
unstable (highly or violently reactive)
unstable (disposed to psychological variability)
unstable (suffering from severe mental illness)
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
