unstable personality
Example Sentences
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The court heard that a report prepared on Docherty had concluded she has an emotionally unstable personality disorder.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Characteristics of her diagnosed emotionally unstable personality disorder, including increased impulsivity, were also cited as a potential cause of her death.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
As with “Tickled,” Farrier’s latest begins like a human interest story and turns into something closer to a thriller, as the peculiarities of this unstable personality reveal themselves, often unnervingly.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Psychiatrists told jurors earlier he was not psychotic and diagnosed him with a unstable personality disorder.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2022
But in the ranks of the party itself a storm broke loose and I was branded a traitor, an unstable personality, and one whose faith had failed.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
