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unstabling

unstabling is the present participle and gerund of unstable.

Meaning of unstable

Verb

unstable (third-person singular simple present unstables, present participle unstabling, simple past and past participle unstabled)

  1. (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.
    • When the last tune of music floated from the fleet, he unstabled his quarter horse and headed for the coastal road leading west and north on his circuit.1992, Elizabeth Darracott Wheeler, Sir John Dodderidge, Celebrated Barrister of Britain, 1555-1628

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Questions about unstabling

What is unstabling the present participle and gerund of?
Unstabling is the present participle and gerund of unstable.

Words near unstabling in the dictionary

  1. unstableness
  2. unstablenesses
  3. unstabler
  4. unstables
  5. unstablest
  6. unstabling
  7. unstably
  8. unstack
  9. unstackable
  10. unstacked
  11. unstacker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unstabling (page history and authors); unstable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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