unsteady
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Etymology [edit]
Created by adding the prefix un- to steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to the Old Frisian onstedich, the Low German unstadig etc.
Adjective [edit]
unsteady (comparative unsteadier, superlative unsteadiest)
- Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 4, The Younger Set[1]:
- “Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins,” remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir ; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs ; …
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 4, The Younger Set[1]:
- Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
- Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behaviour.
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Translations [edit]
not held in position
lacking regularity
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inconstant in purpose or volatile in behavior
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Verb [edit]
unsteady (third-person singular simple present unsteadies, present participle unsteadying, simple past and past participle unsteadied)
- To render unsteady, removing balance.
