instability — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The quality of being unstable.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Synonyme

   unstabilityunstablenessvolatility

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   The template is [Richard] Nixon’s “madman theory” of diplomatic engagement – shorthand for prompting your adversaries to doubt your sanity and mental instability to the point where they are intimidated into otherwise unlikely concessions.

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

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar

Substantiv

1. an unstable order

   Antonyme

   stability

   Oberbegriffe

   disorder

2. unreliability attributable to being unstable

   Oberbegriffe

   undependabilityundependablenessunreliabilityunreliableness

3. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

   Synonyme

   imbalanceunbalance

   Oberbegriffe

   disequilibrium

   Beispiele

   a hormonal imbalance

4. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

   Synonyme

   unstableness

   Antonyme

   stability

   Oberbegriffe

   unsteadiness