Instability
noun
The state of not being solid or reliable in structure, function or position.
The political instability in the country is causing a lot of concern among its citizens.
Often appears as...
- political instability
- economic instability
noun
The state of being emotionally or mentally unstable.
Her emotional instability caused a lot of stress for her friends and family.
Often appears as...
- emotional instability
- psychological instability
noun
The condition of being likely to collapse or fail.
The instability of the newly constructed dam poses a threat to the nearby villages.
Often appears as...
- structural instability
- financial instability
noun
The state of being unpredictable and subject to sudden changes.
King was worried about the instability of the stock market.
Often appears as...
- market instability
- currency instability
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Technical
noun
The state of not being solid or reliable in structure, function or position.
The political instability in the country is causing a lot of concern among its citizens.
Often appears as...
- political instability
- economic instability
noun
The state of being emotionally or mentally unstable.
Her emotional instability caused a lot of stress for her friends and family.
Often appears as...
- emotional instability
- psychological instability
noun
The condition of being likely to collapse or fail.
The instability of the newly constructed dam poses a threat to the nearby villages.
Often appears as...
- structural instability
- financial instability
noun
The state of being unpredictable and subject to sudden changes.
King was worried about the instability of the stock market.
Often appears as...
- market instability
- currency instability
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Instability often relates to societal issues that affect many people, like government or economy.
Social instability can lead to widespread protests and disorder.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Permanent
Describes a situation that is temporary and can change quickly, often worsening.
Due to the country's instability, tourists are advised to avoid traveling there.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Instability often relates to societal issues that affect many people, like government or economy.
Social instability can lead to widespread protests and disorder.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Permanent
Describes a situation that is temporary and can change quickly, often worsening.
Due to the country's instability, tourists are advised to avoid traveling there.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Instability often relates to societal issues that affect many people, like government or economy.
Social instability can lead to widespread protests and disorder.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Permanent
Describes a situation that is temporary and can change quickly, often worsening.
Due to the country's instability, tourists are advised to avoid traveling there.
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask, what do you think are the biggest things?
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I am the son of a...
I had already moved 20 times in my life, and that instability during my childhood didn't really provide an opportunity to make many friends. Each time I would begin to feel comfortable around someone, it was time to pack up and move to the next town. Being the perpetual new face in class,
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Owning your digital DNA...
my private messaging all that of course had some you know elements of chaos and instability in it but overall and instead the more I tracked myself the more predictable I am my life looked a bit programmed from very specific blocks that were free specific to me if it doesn't make sense
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How did clouds get their...
But that wasn't the clever part. Clouds are constantly changing, merging, rising, falling, and spreading throughout the atmosphere, rarely maintaining the same shapes for more than a few minutes. Any successful naming system had to accommodate this essential instability,
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Can you solve the time...
But the color of each individual connection manifests at random, and there’s no way to choose or change its color. And there’s one more each individual nodule creates a temporal instability that raises the chances the portal might collapse as you go through it.
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How fear drives American...
far more important than the threat posed by these terrorists; far more important even than the instability that we've got in some areas of the world that are racked by instability today. In fact, the things that we are seeing in those parts of the world
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
that could function if it were properly trained and motivated and led, and these countries, especially a middle class that is seeing that there's really no future with this total instability and total privatization of security
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The Blind Spots of the...
doesn't compromise on human rights or open societies. And that it doesn't lead to the weaponization of supply chains at a time of international instability, and more importantly, at a time of complete climate breakdown.
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Dena Simmons: How...
that everyone around them was supporting them to be their best self. So while I could not control the instability of their homes, the uncertainty of their next meal, or the loud neighbors that kept them from sleep,
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Transforming a Bulldog PIPE...
a lot of times when we go to the dog bar or when we bring our dogs into social behavior that's what leads dogs to protect themselves they don't follow instability we have to grow with him so
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask, what do you think are the biggest things?
Video examples
I am the son of a...
I had already moved 20 times in my life, and that instability during my childhood didn't really provide an opportunity to make many friends. Each time I would begin to feel comfortable around someone, it was time to pack up and move to the next town. Being the perpetual new face in class,
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Owning your digital DNA...
my private messaging all that of course had some you know elements of chaos and instability in it but overall and instead the more I tracked myself the more predictable I am my life looked a bit programmed from very specific blocks that were free specific to me if it doesn't make sense
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How did clouds get their...
But that wasn't the clever part. Clouds are constantly changing, merging, rising, falling, and spreading throughout the atmosphere, rarely maintaining the same shapes for more than a few minutes. Any successful naming system had to accommodate this essential instability,
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Can you solve the time...
But the color of each individual connection manifests at random, and there’s no way to choose or change its color. And there’s one more each individual nodule creates a temporal instability that raises the chances the portal might collapse as you go through it.
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How fear drives American...
far more important than the threat posed by these terrorists; far more important even than the instability that we've got in some areas of the world that are racked by instability today. In fact, the things that we are seeing in those parts of the world
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
that could function if it were properly trained and motivated and led, and these countries, especially a middle class that is seeing that there's really no future with this total instability and total privatization of security
Video examples
The Blind Spots of the...
doesn't compromise on human rights or open societies. And that it doesn't lead to the weaponization of supply chains at a time of international instability, and more importantly, at a time of complete climate breakdown.
Video examples
Dena Simmons: How...
that everyone around them was supporting them to be their best self. So while I could not control the instability of their homes, the uncertainty of their next meal, or the loud neighbors that kept them from sleep,
Video examples
Transforming a Bulldog PIPE...
a lot of times when we go to the dog bar or when we bring our dogs into social behavior that's what leads dogs to protect themselves they don't follow instability we have to grow with him so
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Timothy Geithner
American Public Servant
Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability.
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Mike Flanagan
American Director
I associate a family as the safest place in the world. So when it comes to things that scare me, introducing instability and tension into where you're supposed to be the safest really strikes a chord with me.
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Natasha Lyonne
American Actress
The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
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Arancha Gonzalez
Spanish Economist
Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to be in regions which suffer the most social and political instability.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development.
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Katie Porter
American Politician
The financial instability and sometimes insecurity that families feel, deeply motivates how they respond politically.
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Polly Toynbee
English Journalist
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
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Jon Lovett
American Producer
One of the hardest lessons of childhood is reckoning with the instability of the world.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
Hillary Clinton means devastation. It means world instability.
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Timothy Geithner
American Public Servant
Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability.
Quote examples
Mike Flanagan
American Director
I associate a family as the safest place in the world. So when it comes to things that scare me, introducing instability and tension into where you're supposed to be the safest really strikes a chord with me.
Quote examples
Natasha Lyonne
American Actress
The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
Quote examples
Arancha Gonzalez
Spanish Economist
Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to be in regions which suffer the most social and political instability.
Quote examples
Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development.
Quote examples
Katie Porter
American Politician
The financial instability and sometimes insecurity that families feel, deeply motivates how they respond politically.
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Polly Toynbee
English Journalist
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
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Jon Lovett
American Producer
One of the hardest lessons of childhood is reckoning with the instability of the world.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
Hillary Clinton means devastation. It means world instability.
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