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Noun: instability  ,in-stu'bi-li-tee
  1. The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
    "The instability of the political situation led to widespread uncertainty";
    - unstableness
     
  2. A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
    "a hormonal instability";
    - imbalance, unbalance
     
  3. Unreliability attributable to being unstable
    "The instability of the government caused economic uncertainty"
     
  4. The state or quality of being politically unstable
    "The country's economic instability led to frequent changes in government"

Derived forms: instabilities

Type of: disequilibrium, disorder, flakiness [informal], undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness, unsteadiness

Antonym: stability

Encyclopedia: Instability