instability Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unstable order
  2. noun unreliability attributable to being unstable
  3. noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
    unbalance; imbalance.
    • a hormonal imbalance
  4. noun the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
    unstableness.

WordNet

In`sta*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité.
Wordforms
plural Instabilities
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913