UNSTABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unstableness mean? 

• UNSTABLENESS (noun)
  The noun UNSTABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

  Familiarity information: UNSTABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSTABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

instability; unstableness

Hypernyms ("unstableness" is a kind of...):

unsteadiness (the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unstableness"):

shakiness (the quality of being unstable and insecure)

Antonym:

stableness (the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast)

Derivation:

unstable (affording no ease or reassurance)

unstable (highly or violently reactive)

unstable (disposed to psychological variability)

unstable (suffering from severe mental illness)

unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)