instability

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
2. (countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

Synonyms

inconstancy

unsteadiness

imbalance

unstableness

mutability

fickleness

lability

insecurity

change

changeableness

lubricity

shakiness

volatility

unbalance

fugitiveness

giddiness

impermanence

indecision

insecure

insecureness

jitter

lack of balance

lasciviousness

lascivity

lust

mercurialness

peradventure

precarious

prurience

pruriency

salaciousness

self-doubt

shaking

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shaky

skittishness

slipperiness

stirring

suspense

tergiversation

transience

transiency

transition

transitoriness

trembling

uncertainty

unevenness

unpredictability

unstable

ups and downs

variation

Translations

instabilité

inestabilidad

instabilità

αστάθεια

instabilidade

Instabilität

Unbeständigkeit

inestabilitat

instabiliteit

Labilität

kararsızlık

onbestendigheid

Haltlosigkeit

inconstancia

inconstance

Etymology

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.
Morphologically in- + stability.