unstability

Prone to collapse

Unstability is a nonstandard variant of instability—the quality of being unstable or prone to change.

While instability is the established form, unstability appears occasionally in speech and informal writing: The unstability of the market worried investors.

Most editors would correct it to instability.

nonstandard

fluctuation

Irregular change over time

insecurity · turbulence · fragility · impermanence · variability · inconsistency · unpredictability · chaos · disorder · disruption

Opposites
physical/structural firmness

unstabilitystability

Resistance to displacement

steadiness · firmness · solidity · fixedness · sturdiness

emotional/psychological state

unstabilitystability

Resistance to displacement

emotional stability · equilibrium · steadiness · balance · composure

systemic/situational reliability

unstabilitystability

Resistance to displacement

security · steadiness · permanence · continuity · durability

Family

stable, establish, stability, unstable, instability, destabilize, stably, stabilization, unstableness

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