Usage Note
Instabile describes physical unsteadiness (un tavolo instabile), emotional volatility (una persona instabile), or variable weather (tempo instabile). It is the negated form of stabile (stable), with the prefix in- working like English 'un-'.
Examples
"Il tempo è instabile questa settimana."
Natural Translation
The weather is unstable this week.

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