{
    "term": "unstable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "likely to change suddenly",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The political situation remains highly unstable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building trade is notoriously unstable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a politically unstable region"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This would leave us with either a very unstable currency or very unstable interest rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are talking about how these people cope in a politically and economically unstable environment."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "volatile",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if people are unstable, their behaviour and emotions change often and suddenly because their minds are upset",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's highly unstable, and liable to sudden fits of rage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "vulnerable, emotionally unstable individuals"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "likely to move or fall",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Icebergs are notoriously unstable and are likely to turn over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building was beginning to get unstable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wall was dangerously unstable."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not staying in the same chemical or atomic state",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chemically unstable"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈsteɪbl/",
                "audio": "un/unstable/unstable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈsteɪbl/",
                "audio": "un/unstable/unstable__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}