unsteady adj 1: subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice" [ant: {steady}] 2: not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn: {arrhythmic}, {jerking}, {jerky}] 3: not firmly or solidly positioned; "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance" [syn: {unfirm}] [also: {unsteadied}] unsteadied See {unsteady}