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un·stead·y
 unsteady
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- pronunciation:
- uhn
ste
di
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
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If a chair is unsteady, it may not be able to support you if you try to sit on it, or its support might be uneven. One leg might be shorter than the others, so you feel like you are moving all the time. You don't feel comfortable and secure when you sit on it. Something that is unsteady is not stable or secure.
You can't lean on that table because it is too unsteady.Mr. Wade has a job at a restaurant, but it is very unsteady. Sometimes they want him to work and sometimes they don't. That's why he can't rely on his job to support himself and he's looking for another.- antonyms:
- stable, steady
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| definition 2: |
If a light shines in an unsteady way, its light keeps changing. It keeps getting darker and then brighter again. If a car goes at an unsteady speed, its speed doesn't stay the same. It keeps going slower then faster.
The wind blowing in the window made the light from the candles unsteady.The patient's heart was beating in an unsteady way and the doctors had to do something quickly.- antonyms:
- regular, steady
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| definition 3: |
If a person's walk is unsteady, they look like they could fall down. If your hands are unsteady, they shake a little, or they can't hold things the way they should.
The little boy looked unsteady on his new bike. It looked like he was going to fall down, but he got his balance after a little while.- similar words:
- shaky
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| related words: |
dizzy, loose, shaky, uneven, weak |
| derivations: |
unsteadily (adv.), unsteadiness (n.) |
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