unsteady
adjective /ʌnˈsted.i/Definition
› moving slightly from side to side, as if you might fall: She's been in bed with the flu and she's still a bit unsteady on her feet.Weakness and vulnerability unsteadily /-ɪ.li/ adverb Weakness and vulnerability
(Definition of unsteady adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faint adjective (SLIGHT)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- vulnerable adjective
- wraith noun
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