UNSTEADY


Meaning of UNSTEADY in English

1.

If you are ~, you have difficulty doing something, for example walking, because you cannot completely control your legs or your body.

The boy was very ~ and had staggered around when he got up...

He poured coffee into the mugs, and with an ~ hand, held one of them out to David.

ADJ

unsteadily

She pulled herself unsteadily from the bed to the dresser.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is not regular or stable, but unreliable or unpredictable.

His voice was ~ and only just audible...

ADJ

3.

Unsteady objects are not held, fixed, or balanced securely.

...a slightly ~ item of furniture.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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