Definition of unsteady
transitive verb
:to make unsteady
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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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Some have unsteady hands and haggard faces, a stark reminder of his early days there.
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Across Alaska, unsteady enrollments have left a few of the state's roughly 500 public schools opening, closing and reopening again.
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In fact, I've been known to do my whole face and then wash almost all of it off because of an incident with liquid eyeliner and an unsteady hand.
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There was so much to like in the first half – the palace scenes are so great – but what ultimately spelled the end was an unsteady hand with the pacing.
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In the meantime, the Guardian is collecting favorite Microsoft Paint creations and memories of its readers to commemorate the program responsible for so many unsteady illustrations.
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Into unsteady stacks Davian piled his clothes and a water jug filled with loose change.
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Encouraging friends to sleep with your exes requires all involved to ignore a whole pile of romantic norms that have long given structure to the social lives of young Americans, which can be unsteady ground for even the most sure-footed among us.
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Meanwhile, Glenview's Joe Zawaski has had intense preparation with some unsteady results.
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First Known Use of unsteady
1551
unsteady Synonyms
Synonyms
aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, spotty, fitfulAntonyms
constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steadyRelated Words
convulsive, sudden, violent; broken, disconnected, fragmentary, interrupted; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, odd, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; capricious, changeful, changing, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, wavering; changeable, fickle, variable, volatileNear Antonyms
changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremittingUNSTEADY Defined for English Language Learners
unsteady
adjective
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
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