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Unsteady vs Unsound - What's the difference?

unsteady | unsound |

As adjectives the difference between unsteady and unsound

is that unsteady is not held firmly in position, physically unstable while unsound is not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

As a verb unsteady

is to render unsteady, removing balance.

unsteady

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
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  • *:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:"
  • Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * steady

    Verb

  • To render unsteady, removing balance.

    • unsound

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
  • In horse management an unsound horse is one suffering ill-health that affects its suitability for its intended work.
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    • Antonyms

    * sound