Not held firmly in position; physically unstable.
A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
Lacking regularity or uniformity.
Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
To render unsteady, removing balance.
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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