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.