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unsteady
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Unsteadiness
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un·stead·y
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i
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adjective, verb,
-stead·ied,
-stead·y·ing.
adjective
1.
not
steady
or firm; unstable; shaky:
an unsteady hand.
2.
fluctuating or wavering:
an unsteady flame; unsteady prices.
3.
irregular or uneven:
an unsteady development.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make unsteady.
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Origin:
1525–35;
un-
1
+
steady
Related forms
un·stead·i·ly,
adverb
un·stead·i·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
See
unsettled.
2.
vacillating, flickering.
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unsteady
(ʌnˈstɛdɪ)
—
adj
1.
not securely fixed:
an unsteady foothold
2.
(of behaviour, etc) lacking constancy; erratic
3.
without regularity:
an unsteady rhythm
4.
(of a manner of walking, etc) precarious, staggering, as from intoxication
—
vb
,
-steadies
,
-steadying
,
-steadied
5.
(
tr
) to make unsteady
un'steadily
—
adv
un'steadiness
—
n
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Word Origin & History
unsteady
1598, from
un-
(1) "not" +
steady
(adj.). Cf. O.Fris. unstadich, Ger. unstätig, M.Du. onstadich.
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