English-Thai Dictionary

instability

N ความ ไม่มั่นคง  ความไม่แน่นอน  การ ไม่มี เสถียรภาพ  ความลังเลใจ  kwam-man-kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSTABILITY

n.[L. instabilitas, instabilis; in and stabilis, from sto, to stand. ] 1. Want of stability; want of firmness in purpose; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability of opinion or conduct. Instability is the characteristic of weak minds.
2. Changeableness; mutability; as the instability of laws, plans or measures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSTABILITY

In `sta *bil "i *ty, n.; pl. Instabilities. Etym: [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité. ]

 

1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.

 

2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. Addison.

 

Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

instability

in sta bil i ty |ˌinstəˈbilitē ˈˌɪnstəˈˌbɪlədi | ▶noun ( pl. instabilities ) lack of stability; the state of being unstable: political and economic instability. • tendency to unpredictable behavior or erratic changes of mood: she showed increasing signs of mental instability. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from instabilis, from in- ‘not ’ + stabilis (see stable 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

instability

in |stabil |ity |ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. instabilities ) [ mass noun ] the state of being unstable; lack of stability: political and economic instability. • tendency to unpredictable behaviour or erratic changes of mood. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from instabilis, from in- ‘not ’ + stabilis (see stable 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

instability

instability noun 1 the instability of political life: unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, insecurity, riskiness; impermanence, inconstancy, changeability, variability, fluctuation, mutability, transience. ANTONYMS certainty, steadiness. 2 emotional instability: volatility, unpredictability, variability, capriciousness, flightiness, fickleness, changeability, vacillation. ANTONYMS steadiness. 3 the instability of the foundations: unsteadiness, unsoundness, shakiness, frailty, fragility, weakness. ANTONYMS soundness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

instability

instability noun 1 the instability of political life: unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, unpredictableness, precariousness, unsteadiness, insecurity, vulnerability, perilousness, riskiness; impermanence, temporariness, transience, inconstancy, changeability, variability; fluidity, fluctuation, rise and fall, rising and falling; informal chanciness, iffiness; Brit. informal dodginess; literary mutability. ANTONYMS stability. 2 her emotional instability: changeableness, variability, capriciousness, volatility, flightiness, fitfulness, vacillation, oscillation, unpredictability, unpredictableness; moodiness, a tendency to blow hot and cold; unsoundness, frailty, infirmity, weakness, irregularity, abnormality; rare erraticism. ANTONYMS stability. 3 the instability of the building's foundations: unsteadiness, unsoundness, shakiness, ricketiness, wobbliness, frailty, fragility, flimsiness, insubstantiality. ANTONYMS stability; soundness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

instability

in sta bil i ty /ɪ̀nstəbɪ́ləti /名詞 1 U 不安定 .2 U C 〖単数形で 〗(心の )変わりやすさ, 移り気 ; 優柔不断 .