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Unsteady

UNSTEADY

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Adj.
unsted'y.
1.
Not steady; not constant; irresolute.
2.
Mutable; variable; changeable; as unsteady winds.
3.
Not adhering constantly to any fixed plan or business.

Definition 2024


unsteady

unsteady

English

Adjective

unsteady (comparative unsteadier, superlative unsteadiest)

  1. Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
    A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: []"
  2. Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  3. Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

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Verb

unsteady (third-person singular simple present unsteadies, present participle unsteadying, simple past and past participle unsteadied)

  1. To render unsteady, removing balance.