unsteady
adjective
not steady or firm; unstable; shaky.
unsteadiness
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a word derived from
unsteady.
Example Sentences
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Carefully chosen, Mr. de la Bédoyère’s selection of emperors shows the variety of Roman rulers and the unsteadiness of the empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
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
Despite some patches of unsteadiness, Sakata has moments of a piercing authenticity — devastating pleas of understanding from marginalized immigrant corners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“How ashamed,” he went on, in spite of the unsteadiness of his voice, “how really . . .” The Savage cut him short and, taking his hand, affectionately pressed it.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
