unsteady
- not steady or firm; unstable; shaky: an unsteady hand.
- fluctuating or wavering: an unsteady flame; unsteady prices.
- irregular or uneven: an unsteady development.
- to make unsteady.
Origin of unsteady
Synonyms for unsteady
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rocky, groggy, precarious, unstable, wobbly, rickety, erratic, capricious, changeable, dizzy, fickle, giddy, inconstant, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, vacillating, variable, wavering, waywardExamples from the Web for unsteady
Contemporary Examples of unsteady
He discovered his friend—the worse for wear and unsteady on her feet—in the second-floor living room.
You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Besides worrying about how the models would walk on the unsteady ground, audience members knew something magical would happen.
Historical Examples of unsteady
As his hand neared the latch I could see in the dim light that his movements were unsteady.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
The strain upon him had been so great that his nerves and brain were unsteady.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
Blandois' hand was unsteady; but he laughed, and that would naturally shake it.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
They were done with some very poor instrument, and hurriedly, with an unsteady hand.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
He looked down at his sister with glittering and unsteady eyes.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
unsteady
- not securely fixedan unsteady foothold
- (of behaviour, etc) lacking constancy; erratic
- without regularityan unsteady rhythm
- (of a manner of walking, etc) precarious, staggering, as from intoxication
- (tr) to make unsteady