Unstable vs Rickety - What's the difference?
unstable | rickety |
Having a strong tendency to change.
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Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.
Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
Affected with or suffering from rickets.
Rickety is a synonym of unstable.
As adjectives the difference between unstable and rickety
is that unstable is having a strong tendency to change while rickety is of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.unstable
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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
*rickety
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Alternative forms
* rickettyAdjective
(er)- He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
- The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.