We consider a double power nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation which possesses the algebraically decaying stationary solution $\phi_0$ as well as exponentially decaying standing waves $e^{ i\omega t}\phi_\omega(x)$ with $\omega>0$. It is well-known from the general theory that stability properties of standing waves are determined by the derivative of $\omega\mapsto M(\omega):=\frac{ 1}{ 2}\|\phi_\omega\|_{ L^2}^2$; namely $e^{ i\omega t}\phi_\omega$ with $\omega>0$ is stable if $M'(\omega)>0$ and unstable if $M'(\omega)<0$. However, the stability/instability of stationary solutions is outside the general theory from the viewpoint of spectral properties of linearized operators. In this paper we prove the instability of the stationary solution $\phi_0$ in one dimension under the condition $M'(0):=\lim_{ \omega\downarrow 0}M'(\omega)\in[-\infty, 0)$. The key in the proof is the construction of the one-sided derivative of $\omega\mapsto\phi_\omega$ at $\omega=0$, which is effectively used to construct the unstable direction of $\phi_0$.
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