instability
the quality or state of being unstable; lack of stability or firmness.
the tendency to behave in an unpredictable, changeable, or erratic manner: emotional instability.
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How to use instability in a sentence
A recession in 1970-71, followed by the oil crisis and the subsequent drop in the value of the stock market a few years later, heightened feelings of economic and cultural instability across the country.
The DHS secretary could chart a new path on immigration. Will he? | Adam Goodman | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostAmerica is part of the first world, where political violence and economic instability do not occur.
What Americans across the political spectrum got wrong about the attempted insurrection | Corrie Decker, Elisabeth McMahon | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostYou can also buy a frame for your yoga ball chair for times when you want a little less instability.
Best office chair: Get comfy, stay productive with our office furniture picks | PopSci Commerce Team | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMaryland has a rocky history at that position, which has been plagued by injuries and instability.
Maryland football hires Dan Enos as offensive coordinator | Emily Giambalvo | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostIt is hard to determine how big of an impact this will make beforehand, but you should expect some instability.
The grim instability of shelter life is hardly a recipe for success under the best of circumstances.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSudan has been plagued by years of political instability, which has prevented tourism from gaining traction.
Paul will argue that such military force does little to combat the issues at the heart of instability.
This conquest has brought instability to unexpected parts of the region.
The elections brought instead of stability, instability to Afghanistan,” said this official, “and it will never end.
Kabul Airport Attack Comes as Pakistani Fighters Join Afghan Taliban | Sami Yousafzai | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe recognition did not lessen the reality, the poignancy of the revelation by any suggestion or promise of instability.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinBut his record shows grievous instability, and Robert probably had sound reasons for putting a period to his dubieties.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonHence their moral instability can not be associated with physiological instability in the absolute sense.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe instability of ammonium hydroxide is used as a means for detecting ammonium-ion in its salts.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThere was a servile hump to his shoulders; a deprecating instability in his glance greeted the boy.
Mountain | Clement Wood
British Dictionary definitions for instability
/ (ˌɪnstəˈbɪlɪtɪ) /
lack of stability or steadiness
tendency to variable or unpredictable behaviour
physics a fast growing disturbance or wave in a plasma
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