unsteady
To render unsteady, removing balanceTo render unsteady, removing balance.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
1 sensesTo render unsteady, removing balance.
Examples
9 sentencesI observed that his hands were unsteady.
Я помітив, що в нього тремтять руки. — uaspeaker
ruЯ заметил, что у него дрожат руки. — Hellerick
I drank too much and was unsteady on my feet.
ruЯ выпил слишком много и нетвёрдо держался на ногах. — Biga
deIch hatte zu viel getrunken und war wackelig auf den Beinen. — Yorwba
Tom was unsteady on his feet.
He was unsteady on his feet.
Yanni was unsteady on his feet.
Origin
From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word iFrom 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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Forms
unsteadies, unsteadying, unsteadied, unsteadied| Base form | unsteady · to unsteady |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | unsteadies |
| Present participle | unsteadying |
| Past simple | unsteadied |
| Past participle | unsteadied |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.