Definitions

unsteady

[uhn-sted-ee] / ʌnˈstɛd i /

ADJECTIVE

shaky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

erratic groggy precarious rickety rocky unstable wobbly

WEAK

capricious changeable dizzy fickle fluctuating giddy inconstant quivery shifting teetering tippy unreliable unsettled unsound vacillating variable wabbly wavering wayward wiggly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite dependable stable steady strong sure

Example Sentences

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If Bass seemed unsteady in the immediate wake of the fires, she was on more sure footing with ICE.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

But the nuclear infrastructure is too battered and the regime too unsteady to sprint for the bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

So why haven’t these headlines done more to calm an unsteady global oil market?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

A man with wide eyes and unsteady breath approaches me.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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