Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality of being unstable.

    Instabilität, Instabilität

    нестаби́льностьnestabílʹnostʹ, неусто́йчивостьneustójčivostʹ, непро́чностьnepróčnostʹ

    нестабі́льністьnestabílʹnistʹ, несті́йкістьnestíjkistʹ

    the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

  2. (countable)A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

Examples

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  1. Ziri warned about the roof’s instability.

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  2. Algeria needs to fix its political instability.

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  3. Libya has high levels of political instability.

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  4. Algeria's political instability isn't helping economic growth.

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  5. Algeria needs to cope with regional instability.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.

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Forms

plural: instabilities
Singularinstability
Pluralinstabilities

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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