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What (who) is unsteady - definition
unsteady
¦ adjective (unsteadier, unsteadiest)
1. liable to fall or shake; not firm.
2. not uniform or regular.
Derivatives
unsteadily adverb
unsteadiness noun
unsteady
a.
1.
Unsettled, fluctuating, oscillating.
2.
Inconstant, fickle, unstable, changeable, wavering, mutable, variable, ever-changing.
3.
Tottering, wavering, vacillating.
unsteady
1.
If you are unsteady, you have difficulty doing something, for example walking, because you cannot completely control your legs or your body.
The boy was very unsteady and had staggered around when he got up...
He poured coffee into the mugs, and with an unsteady hand, held one of them out to David.
ADJ
• unsteadily
She pulled herself unsteadily from the bed to the dresser.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If you describe something as unsteady, you mean that it is not regular or stable, but unreliable or unpredictable.
His voice was unsteady and only just audible...
ADJ
3.
Unsteady objects are not held, fixed, or balanced securely.
...a slightly unsteady item of furniture.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Examples of use of unsteady
1. He seemed unsteady and before long was pushing into her.
2. By then, she was looking "rather unsteady," according to onlookers.
3. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has provided unsteady and uncertain leadership.
4. "The eldest son‘s head started to be unsteady after his first birthday.
5. The building appears twisted, a jagged piece missing, the roof gaping and unsteady.