unsteady
adjective
not steady or firm; unstable; shaky.
unsteadiness
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a word derived from
unsteady.
Example Sentences
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The deal comes at a time of deep unsteadiness for the cable industry, as customers are increasingly cutting the cord and moving to streaming video services.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
The surgery has also left him with a condition called Posterior Fossa Syndrome, which can cause memory loss, unsteadiness and a decreased ability to talk.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
He covers for Jake’s trouble lifting heavy objects and general unsteadiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
It was a year of mass death, fear, trauma, isolation, grief, institutional collapse, uncertainty, desperation—and it created something of an overall unsteadiness, a loss of sense of time and purpose and reality.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2024
Ben licks his lips and I can feel unsteadiness in his Noise and hunger and grief at what he’s already imagining is our next parting.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
