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Added 9 October 2026

unsteady

/ʌnˈstɛdi/ adjective

In Latin: instabilis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about unsteady at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Subject to change or variation.
her unsteady walk
Not firmly or solidly positioned.
climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder

Origin

From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc.

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