instability
US: /ˌɪnstəˈbɪɫɪti/
UK: /ɪnstəbˈɪlɪti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
instability /,instə'biliti/- danh từ
- tính không ổn định, tính không kiên định, tính không vững
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C, usually pl.] (plural instabilities)1 the quality of a situation in which things are likely to change or fail suddenly: political and economic instability
2 a mental condition in which sb's behaviour is likely to change suddenly: mental / emotional instability
Antonym: STABILITY
See also -
Collocation
ADJ.
increased | growing, increasing | continuing | inherent, internal | economic, financial, political, social | emotional, mental
QUANT.
degree
The increased inflation will inject a degree of instability into the economy.
VERB + INSTABILITY
cause, create
Racism causes political instability and violence.
| avoid
The law was introduced to avoid instability during the transition.
INSTABILITY + VERB
arise, occur
Instability may arise at times of change.
PHRASES
a period of instability
a long period of economic instability
| a source of instability
Concise dictionary
instabilities‚ɪnstə'bɪlətɪnoun
+an unstable order
+unreliability attributable to being unstable
+a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
+the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
