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: November 12, 2024
\LAY-byle\ adjective
What It Means
Someone or something described as labile is readily open to change. Labile can also be used as a synonym of unstable to describe things that are readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown.
// The director was known for being exacting but also labile, open to actors' interpretations of characters.
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