unsteadiness

as in instability
the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position blamed the poor quality of the video on the tripod's unsteadiness

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instability
Noun
  • Advertisement Strikes reinforce Chinese view of U.S. instability China already saw the U.S. under the Trump Administration as an unstable partner, particularly after Trump slammed the world with staggering tariff rates before abruptly reversing course.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 June 2025
  • Yet the aftershocks of 2008 continue, and today’s economic pressures—rising costs, stagnant wages, global instability—are forcing a reckoning.
    Benjamin van der Lande, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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“Unsteadiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsteadiness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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