What does unsteady mean?
Unsteady means Not held firmly in position; physically unstable..
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/ʌnˈstɛdi/ · adjective
Not held firmly in position; physically unstable..
A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:[…]"
Use unsteady when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unsteady means Not held firmly in position; physically unstable..
Common synonyms include precarious, rickety, shaky, chaotic.
Possible antonyms include steady.
A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
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