unstable (adj.)
- adrift
- afloat
- alternating
- ambiguous
- amorphous
- borderline
- brittle
- buoyant
- canted
- capricious
- changeable
- changeful
- changing
- choppy
- corruptible
- dangerous
- deciduous
- decrepit
- desultory
- deviating
- dickey
- different
- disorderly
- divergent
- diversified
- dizzy
- doubtful
- dubious
- dying
- eccentric
- effervescent
- elastic
- ephemeral
- erose
- erratic
- evanescent
- fading
- fickle
- fitful
- fleeting
- flickering
- flighty
- fluctuating
- fluid
- fly-by-night
- flying
- fragile
- frail
- freakish
- fugacious
- fugitive
- giddy
- hazardous
- heeling
- impermanent
- impetuous
- impulsive
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- indecisive
- indefinite
- infirm
- insecure
- insubstantial
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- jagged
- jerky
- leaning
- lopsided
- lubricious
- mazy
- mercurial
- mobile
- momentary
- moody
- mortal
- motley
- moving
- mutable
- nonconformist
- nonstandard
- nonuniform
- passing
- perilous
- perishable
- pluralistic
- poor
- precarious
- protean
- provisional
- ragged
- rambling
- resilient
- restless
- risky
- rocky
- rootless
- rotten
- rough
- roving
- scatterbrained
- shaky
- shapeless
- short-lived
- slippery
- spasmodic
- spineless
- sporadic
- suspect
- temperamental
- temporal
- temporary
- tentative
- ticklish
- top-heavy
- tottery
- transient
- transitive
- transitory
- treacherous
- tricky
- unaccountable
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- uncontrolled
- undecided
- undependable
- undisciplined
- unequal
- uneven
- unfirm
- unfixed
- unhealthy
- unorthodox
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unrestrained
- unsafe
- unsettled
- unsound
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- unsure
- unsystematic
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variegated
- variform
- various
- varying
- volatile
- wandering
- wanton
- wavering
- wavy
- wayward
- weak
- whimsical
- wishy-washy
- wobbly
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.