Unstable vs Flukey - What's the difference?
unstable | flukey |
Having a strong tendency to change.
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, title= Fluctuating; not constant.
Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
lucky
unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes
As adjectives the difference between unstable and flukey
is that unstable is having a strong tendency to change while flukey is lucky.unstable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
Synonyms
* instable (rare) * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unsteady, wobblyAntonyms
* stableAnagrams
*flukey
English
Alternative forms
* flukyAdjective
(head)- We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.