unstable
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subject to change; variable "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty","everything was unstable following the coup" -
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unstable
affording no ease or reassurance "a precarious truce" -
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unstable
highly or violently reactive "sensitive and highly unstable compounds" -
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disposed to psychological variability "his rather unstable religious convictions" -
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suffering from severe mental illness "of unsound mind" -
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lacking stability or fixity or firmness "unstable political conditions","the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind","an unstable world economy"
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Unstable
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
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Unstable
un-stā′bl not stable, unreliable, infirm, inconstant: in such a physical state that the slightest change induces further change of form or composition
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. Instable
Friday's mass killing of young innocents and adults at a Connecticut elementary school is generating fresh calls for new laws to keep guns from unstable people. nola.com
The news is reporting layoffs, bailouts, and an unstable world market. nailsmag.com
Authorities say gas leaks and unstable buildings have made them too risky to visit. kpbs.org
Cole, 57, was charged after calling a Denver radio talk show last October and revealing how she pretended to be mentally unstable to avoid her civic obligation. cbsnews.com
The coffee market has been an unstable landscape since crop damage in Brazil sent prices through the roof this summer. supermarketnews.com
Good evening… A member of the Afghan militia drugged nine of his colleagues before shooting them to death early Friday in the latest outbreak of violence in the unstable country. blog.timesunion.com
St Vincent, fashions an unstable compound of wistful synths, jittery rhythms, and woozy voices as the mood escalates from serenity to hysteria on this unsettling track. motherjones.com
At times, the New York Stock Exchange can be quite unstable. kxpc.com
Today's workplace is a reflection of the times: uncertain and unstable. forbes.com
Wednesday morning, the State Police reported that an apparently mentally unstable woman threatened to blow up the State House. beaconhilltimes.com
Unstable dam reported near Traverse City . macombdaily.com
For all its reputation as the world's most unstable region, the Middle East has actually been extremely stable in one respect — almost all of its states are ruled by dictators who tend to rule for decades. commentarymagazine.com
The unstable weather southern oregon has seen recently Is forecast to continue for the next two weeks . thedove.us
But what was acceptable in Paris would not pass in the more politically unstable atmosphere of Naples. styleweekly.com
Unstable Euro Triggers 2011 Price Increases. bicycleretailer.com
Our interest is to describe the time evolution of the unstable state |1i, which is an even function in coordinate representation.
Perturbative method for generalized spectral decompositions
Let us consider the time evolution of the unstable state given by (ρ0 | = (1|.
Perturbative method for generalized spectral decompositions
For example, it is possible to obtain the time evolution of the unstable state ρ0 = (1|.
Perturbative method for generalized spectral decompositions
Using a centered approximation for these terms results in an unstable scheme.
Simple excision of a black hole in 3+1 numerical relativity
However, as discussed at the end of this section, an unstable mode appears when the same simulations are performed on the corresponding full grids.
Simple excision of a black hole in 3+1 numerical relativity
Such other salts which are decomposed more or less readily are termed "unstable," but the terms are of course only comparative. "The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing" by
But it had been taken at the expense of further and very gravely shaking the already unstable armed equilibrium of Europe. "A General Sketch of the European War" by
As I was saying, it is very unstable. "The Good Comrade" by
He had built a dream-house on an unstable foundation. "The Hidden Places" by
My Lords, human greatness is an unstable thing. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12)" by
Peace not bought by a victory is an unstable foundation for Indian treaty. "Pathfinders of the West" by
No doubt it is between the stable and the unstable condition of the molecules of matter that life is born. "The Breath of Life" by
The arc is very unstable and the least breath is sufficient to extinguish it. "Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882" by
Really unstable slopes had been shaken down long ago. "Operation: Outer Space" by
The Homoean coalition was even more unstable than the Eusebian. "The Arian Controversy" by
Unquiet and unstable,
That holy well of Loch Maree
Is more than idle fable!
Your unstable and painful image catch,
"Oh, my God", I promptly said aloud,
Having not a thought these words to fetch.
And such black as all your lakes and streams,
In your skies – old, faded and unstable –
Yellow clouds of my painful dreams.
And ran in beauty when each morning broke,
Love yet was boylike, fervid and unstable,
Teased with romance, not knowing truth from fable.
Sate I, with the sunshade down;
In the distance hummed the Babel
Of the many—footed town;
There we sate with looks unstable—
Now of tenderness, of frown.
And we are all too prone to clutch them fast,
Though false, aye, falser than the veriest fable,
To which a "thread of gossamer is cable—"
They cannot—cannot last!