unstable environment

collocation in English

meaningsofunstableandenvironment

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unstable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/us
/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/
not solid and firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofunstableandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hypothetically, these difficulties would be interwoven and augmented with the effects of anunstableenvironmentduring the early development of cognitive functions.
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They are subjected to a dizzying maze of administrative orders and practices that combine to produce a hostile, uncertain andunstableenvironment.
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Storing objects near windows, heaters, fireplaces, and exterior walls can create anunstableenvironment with temperature and humidity fluctuation and increase potential for damages.
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Theunstableenvironmentwithin their homes displays into their daring attitude towards life.
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The show suggests he is poor and lives in anunstableenvironment.
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Thus, long-lived individuals residing in stable habitats should devote more resources to reparative processes than short-lived individuals in unstable environments.
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Knights passion for writing started during her childhood when her vivid imagination provided an escape from theunstableenvironmentof constantly moving from place to place.
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Due to their unstable environments, some crater lakes exist only intermittently.
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From an evolutionary ecology point of view, this lifestyle is highly adaptive for fish that live in unstable environments, such as estuaries, where unpredictable conditions increase mortality.
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The lottery principle is less accepted these days because of evidence that asexual reproduction is more prevalent in unstable environments, the opposite of what it predicts.
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