unstable
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If this quantum state is twisted too far, it becomes unstable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Massive flooding left a government building in western Nepal teetering on the edge of an unstable ledge before it fell into the Daram River.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
To generations of buyers and fans, the phrase “electric Subaru” is cognitively unstable, impossible to imagine, like “coal-fired toothbrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
I slumped down underneath the bathroom window and dropped Aileen, who was mostly awake from the jostling of the run, but still droopy-eyed and unstable.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Vocabulary lists containing unstable
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