unstabledadj.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsteɪbld/, U.S. /ˌənˈsteɪb(ə)ld/ Not established or made stable.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established > not established
unstabled1622
1622 Babington's Wks. 9 Complaints of wauering weakenesse and vnstabled [1596 vnstayned (read vnstayed)] mutability..brought against vs.
1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 120 A tottering Cottage, founded on an unstabled Sand.
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unstabledadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsteɪbld/, U.S. /ˌənˈsteɪb(ə)ld/ Not put into a stable.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > put in stable > not
unstabled1853
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xli. 301 Behold the branchless tree, the unstabled Rosinante.
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