Usually means: Not stable, constant, or consistent.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word unsteady:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. unsteady: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unsteady: Merriam-Webster
  3. unsteady: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unsteady: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unsteady: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unsteady: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unsteady, unsteady: Wordnik
  8. unsteady: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unsteady: Wiktionary
  10. unsteady: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. unsteady: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. unsteady: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. unsteady: Dictionary.com
  14. unsteady: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. unsteady: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Unsteady (X Ambassadors song), Unsteady (song), Unsteady: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. unsteady: Rhymezone
  18. unsteady: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. unsteady: FreeDictionary.org
  20. unsteady: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. unsteady: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unsteady: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
▸ adjective:  Lacking regularity or uniformity.
▸ adjective:  Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
▸ verb:  To render unsteady, removing balance.

Similar:
unfirm, arrhythmic, fluctuating, faltering, irregular, staggering, unfixed, palpitating, tottering, jerky, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, firm, secure, consistent

Types:
wobbly, shaky, unstable, unbalanced, unfirm, unsecure, unsteadfast, more...

Phrases:
unsteady flow, unsteady gait, unsteady breath, be unsteady, more unsteady, more...

Colors:
    pale yellow,     light gray,     muted brown,     faded pink,     dull green, more...


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Similar:
unfirm, arrhythmic, fluctuating, faltering, irregular, staggering, unfixed, palpitating, tottering, jerky, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, firm, secure, consistent

Types:
wobbly, shaky, unstable, unbalanced, unfirm, unsecure, unsteadfast, more...

Phrases:
unsteady flow, unsteady gait, unsteady breath, be unsteady, more unsteady, most unsteady, in unsteady fashion, weak and unsteady, walk unsteady, unsteady movements, unsteady thinking, make unsteady, more...

Colors:
    pale yellow,     light gray,     muted brown,     faded pink,     dull green, more...



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