teetery
- adjective
- /ˈtiːtəri/
:
inestable
- The ladder looked teetery, so I was afraid to climb it.
Examples
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The stack of books looked teetery on the edge of the table.
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Be careful, that chair is quite teetery!
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She carried the stack of books in a teetery pile across the room.
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After the earthquake, the building stood in a teetery state, ready to collapse.
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The ladder looked teetery, so I was afraid to climb it.
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Be careful, that chair is quite teetery!
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The stack of books looked teetery on the edge of the table.
Synonyms
16
3.3
Not firm or balanced and likely to fall
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7.5
Unsteady and likely to fall over easily
Shaky and likely to fall over when you touch it
Is not steady and likely to fall or roll
Likely to fall because the top is heavy or unbalanced
Likely to wobble or break, like a weak chair
Antonyms
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Teetery comes from the verb teeter, a word that copies the wobbling sound and appears in teeter-totter, a seesaw that rocks back and forth. So teetery means 'unsteady and likely to tip or fall'.