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- [uhn-sted-ee]
- /ʌnˈstɛd i/
- /ʌnˈstedi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-sted-ee]
- /ʌnˈstɛd i/
Definitions of unsteady word
- adjective unsteady not steady or firm; unstable; shaky: an unsteady hand. 1
- adjective unsteady fluctuating or wavering: an unsteady flame; unsteady prices. 1
- adjective unsteady irregular or uneven: an unsteady development. 1
- verb with object unsteady to make unsteady. 1
- adjective unsteady structure: unstable 1
- adjective unsteady economy: changeable 1
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Origin of unsteady
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35; un-1 + steady
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Parts of speech for Unsteady
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unsteady popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unsteady usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unsteady
adj unsteady
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- anile — of or like a feeble old woman
- ashake — in a shaking manner
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
adjective unsteady
- aquake — Quaking.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- changing — not remaining the same; transient
- designless — without a design, unplanned
- dingdong — Alternative spelling of ding-dong.
verb unsteady
- yaw — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- zigzagged — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- zigzagging — Present participle of zigzag.
Antonyms for unsteady
adj unsteady
- bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
adjective unsteady
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- even — Flat and smooth.
- fogyish — Characteristic of a fogy.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
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