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unˈsteadiness
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The quality of being unsteady.
1611Cotgr., Volubilité,..vnsteadinesse, or an inconstant mouing. 1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angels 120 The cause of loosenes, and laxenesse, and unsteddines in our course. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 2 The unsteadiness of the Weather. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. (1724) 85 If things are now and then mis-shaped, this infers no unsteadiness or mistake in nature. 1796F. Burney Camilla v. 7 The unsteadiness of the boat. 1808Mitford Hist. Greece III. 88 The gross evils inherent in the Athenian constitution; its irremediable unsteadiness, its gross tyranny. 1869Tanner Clin. Med. (ed. 2) 289 The insidious form begins by numbness,..unsteadiness on the legs,..till the loss of power is complete. 1875Economist 16 Jan. 68/1 The unsteadiness of the [stock-]markets. |