instability

noun

in·sta·bil·i·ty ˌin(t)-stə-ˈbi-lə-tē

Synonyms of instability next

: the quality or state of being unstable

especially : lack of emotional or mental stability

Example Sentences

Investors are worried about the current instability of the stock market. The patient has a history of emotional instability.

Recent Examples on the Web To make matters worse, during times of economic instability, DEI programs are the first to get defunded. —

Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023 The Biden administration has been accelerating visa processing and broadly using humanitarian parole programs for migrants fleeing war and economic instability. —

Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023 Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans have journeyed to the U.S. border, fleeing economic instability and political repression in their homelands. —

Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2023 From climate change to economic instability, the world’s problems are too great to keep falling back on old solutions. —

David Boynton, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2023 Sunak became prime minister after his predecessor Liz Truss lasted less than two months in office before resigning amid economic instability. —

Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2022 Economic and political instability there has been worsened by the pandemic, and the Biden administration argues that this accounts for the surge in overall arrivals. —

Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg.com, 16 Nov. 2022 García released a video early Thursday — two days after winning another term in Congress — announcing his candidacy and noting the difficult recent years of economic instability, the pandemic and a racial reckoning. —

Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022 And in a year of economic instability and energy price volatility, many countries have sunk public funds into the cultivation and acquisition of carbon-emitting fossil fuels. —

Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022 See More

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