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