unsteady
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɛdi/
adj
Etymology: From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc.
- Not held firmly in position; physically unstable.
“A slightly unsteady item of furniture.”
“"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:[…]"”
- Lacking regularity or uniformity.
- Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
verb
Etymology: From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc.
- To render unsteady, removing balance.