The phrase "a slightly unstable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not completely stable, often in contexts related to emotions, situations, or physical objects.
Example: "The bridge was deemed safe, but engineers noted that it was a slightly unstable structure that required further inspection."
Alternatives: "somewhat precarious" or "marginally unstable".
When the engineers said they could fix it, Lindbergh told them to leave it alone -- the extra attention required to fly a slightly unstable plane should keep him awake and alert.
Given the sustained intensity of Green's rage and his Spartan abstention from any indulgence in punctuation, it's tempting at first to write him off as a lit-crit crank, a slightly unstable fanboy with a thriving colony of bees in his bonnet.
The sea itself is constantly in motion, which means you're trying to land an already unstable rocket on a slightly unstable platform.
With the lordotic LO, a slightly unstable sitting position decreased the mean time by 72% (p < 0.002) before postural corrective mechanisms took over.
For a slightly unstable woman in her twenties, the relentless grinding of an industry that craves eternal youth can be pretty tough.
This may be due to the fact that 5 men were unable to perform the unstable-platform test (some individuals with visual impairment have trouble maintaining balance even on a slightly unstable base, and these individuals were excluded from the study as a result).
Gwyneth Paltrow is Michelle, a sophisticated, slightly unstable beauty newly arrived in Leonard's apartment building, where she is being kept by a married lawyer (Elias Koteas).
Gwyneth Paltrow (above, with Mr. Phoenix) is Michelle, a sophisticated, slightly unstable beauty newly arrived in Leonard's apartment building, where she is being kept by a married lawyer (Elias Koteas).
Nuclear fuel typically contains uranium-235, a massive and slightly unstable atom famously capable of sustaining chain reactions.
There's an orthodox leftist sentimentality here mixed up with a certain primal conservative yearning, but they react in solution toward the end to form a raw and slightly unstable new compound that Price isn't shy about valuing higher than mere gold — which, despite its shiny, alluring heft, ultimately weighs us down until we can only stand in place, envious, anxious, cocky and alone.
The movie is a beautifully photographed but slightly unstable mix of documentary footage, location shooting, and studio-bound staged pieces.
