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• unstable — [[t]ʌ̱nste͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED You can describe something as unstable if it is likely to change suddenly, especially if this creates difficulty or danger. After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government... The… …   English dictionary

• unstable — UK [ʌnˈsteɪb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) an unstable person becomes angry or upset often and very suddenly My father wasn t a bad man, but he was emotionally unstable. 2) an unstable government changes often and must deal with a lot of fighting and… …   English dictionary

• unstable — un|sta|ble [ ʌn steıbl ] adjective 1. ) an unstable person becomes angry or upset often and very suddenly: My father wasn t a bad man, but he was emotionally unstable. 2. ) an unstable government changes often and must deal with a lot of fighting …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unstable — unstableness, n. unstably, adv. /un stay beuhl/, adj. 1. not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady. 2. liable to fall or sway. 3. unsteadfast; inconstant; wavering: unstable convictions. 4. marked by emotional instability: an unstable person …   Universalium

• unstable — [ʌnˈsteɪb(ə)l] adj 1) an unstable person often becomes suddenly angry or upset 2) often affected by serious problems 3) likely to move or change and become dangerous …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Unstable diabetes — A type of diabetes when a person s blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from low to high. Also called brittle diabetes or labile diabetes …   Medical dictionary

• neurotic person — emotionally unstable person, person with a mental or emotional disorder …   English contemporary dictionary

• The Good Person of Szechwan — (German: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, first translated less literally as The Good Woman of Szechwan)[1] is a play written by the German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau.[2] The play was… …   Wikipedia

• commitment — n 1: an act of committing: as a: placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital petition for commitment compare incompetent, interdiction ◇ Commitment to a mental health facility is called …   Law dictionary

• inconstant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unstable, irregular; fickle, changeable, faithless. See changeableness.Ant., constant, unchanging. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. changeable, fickle, variable, capricious, unstable; see also changeable …   English dictionary for students

• human disease — Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease       Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …   Universalium