unstable
adjective
not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
unstably
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a word derived from
unstable.
Example Sentences
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She also pointed to 2022 data that found 55% of people at the heart of the case experience homelessness or are unstably housed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
We looked at the numbers in our bank statement and they quivered unstably, like a hallucination, like Scrooge's worst nightmare shown to him by the Ghost of Christmas in Chapter 11.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
It’s a system we desperately need—and that private industry can certainly move more quickly on than the lumbering, unstably funded FAA.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2018
While most 10-year-olds freely run and jump around, Alexis walks- albeit sometimes unstably and with help going up and down stairs.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2015
The feel of it moving unstably beneath his feet, the sound of its boards cracking loosened his knees.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
