unsteadiness

unsteadiness
noun
1. the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
Syn: ↑ricketiness
Ant: ↑steadiness
Derivationally related forms: ↑rickety (for: ↑ricketiness), ↑unsteady
Hypernyms: ↑movability, ↑movableness
2. the quality of being unsteady—varying and unpredictable
Ant: ↑steadiness
Derivationally related forms: ↑unsteady
Hypernyms: ↑irregularity, ↑unregularity
Hyponyms: ↑instability, ↑unstableness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • unsteadiness — index doubt (indecision), inconsistency, indecision, irregularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Unsteadiness — Loss of one’s equilibrium in regard to the environment, often with a feeling of almost falling, or the result of bumping into things. There are many causes for unsteadiness, including problems in the cerebral or cerebellar portions of the brain,… …   Medical dictionary

  • unsteadiness — unsteady ► ADJECTIVE (unsteadier, unsteadiest) 1) liable to fall or shake; not firm. 2) not uniform or regular. DERIVATIVES unsteadily adverb unsteadiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • unsteadiness — noun see unsteady II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unsteadiness — See unsteadily. * * * …   Universalium

  • unsteadiness — noun The quality of being unsteady. Ant: steadiness …   Wiktionary

  • unsteadiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or condition of being physically unsteady: instability, precariousness, ricketiness, shakiness, unstableness, wobbliness. See FLEXIBLE. 2. The quality or condition of being erratic and undependable:… …   English dictionary for students

  • unsteadiness — n. unstableness, shakiness; changeability, irregularity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unsteadiness — un·steadiness …   English syllables

  • instability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. changeableness, unsteadiness, inconstancy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inconstancy, changeability, immaturity, mutability, variability, unstableness, nonuniformity, inconsistency, irregularity, imbalance …   English dictionary for students

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”