destabilizing

Definitions

Causing something to be unable to continue existing or working in its usual way.

Undermining the stability or equilibrium of a system, government, or situation.

Examples

The sudden change in leadership had a destabilizing effect on the entire organization.

Economic sanctions were imposed to prevent the destabilizing influence of foreign interference in the region.

Synonyms

unsettling disruptive subversive unbalancing undermining shaking troubling

Antonyms

stabilizing steadying strengthening securing fortifying balancing supporting