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Recent Examples of unsteady from the Web
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The administration's haphazard appointment process is unlike any in recent memory and has left the federal government unsteadied at the highest levels.
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Still, yesterday’s reports contributed to the latest in a mounting series of scandals that have unsteadied the Trump administration for months.
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First Known Use of unsteady
1532
Definition of unsteady
: not steady: such as
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: not firm or solid : not fixed in position : unstable
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: marked by change or fluctuation : changeable
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: not uniform or even : irregular
- an unsteady pulse
Examples of unsteady in a Sentence
He was a little unsteady on his feet.
The horse walked with an unsteady gait.
He signed his name with an unsteady hand.
The progress of the work has been unsteady.
a period of unsteady growth
Recent Examples of unsteady from the Web
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Pakistan is also a key supply route–and unsteady ally–in the U.S.’s 16-year war in Afghanistan.
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In Niger, where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 15-kilometer (9-mile) no-man’s-land to Assamaka, less a town than a collection of unsteady buildings sinking into drifts of sand.
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In Niger, where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 9-mile no-man's-land to Assamaka, less a town than a collection of unsteady buildings sinking into drifts of sand.
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Even in such a unsteady industry, the album has remained a constant, and malleable, asset.
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In Niger, where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 15-kilometer (9-mile) no-man’s-land to Assamaka, less a town than a collection of unsteady buildings sinking into drifts of sand.
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While leaving his seat, a group of friends held an unsteady Maradona up.
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In Niger, where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 15-kilometer (9-mile) no-man’s-land to Assamaka, less a town than a collection of unsteady buildings sinking into drifts of sand.
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In Niger, where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 9-mile no man’s land to Assamaka, less a town than a collection of unsteady buildings sinking into drifts of sand.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsteady.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of unsteady
1551
unsteady Synonyms
Synonyms
capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, variable, volatile;
Antonyms
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable, settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying;
Near Antonyms
abiding, durable, lasting, permanent, persistent;
dependable, reliable, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty;
Related Words
aimless, arbitrary, desultory, erratic, haphazard, hit-or-miss, irregular, random, scattered, slapdash, stray;
ambivalent, hesitating, shaky, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillating, wavering;
Phrases
up in the air;
UNSTEADY Defined for English Language Learners
unsteady
Definition of unsteady for English Language Learners
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: not standing or moving in a steady and balanced way
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: shaking or moving because of nervousness, weakness, etc.
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: not happening or proceeding in a smooth and constant way
UNSTEADY Defined for Kids
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