unstable

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On the related but perhaps irrelevant question of individual character, the evidence is clear: Wilhelm II was an unstable and vainglorious idiot who wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

From Salon

But, as Tate Britain’s concurrent “Turner and Constable” exhibition shows, Romantic nature was passionate and unstable, and all the more precious for being unknowable.

From The Wall Street Journal

And although thick, this season's snow covering has been unstable, contributing to a steep rise in the number of people killed by alpine avalanches.

From BBC

They increase levels of "reactive oxygen species," unstable molecules that can damage cells, while also weakening the body's antioxidant defenses that normally keep these molecules under control.

From Science Daily

Given this, the country's electrical grid has become increasingly "unstable", he said.

From BBC