unfirm
IPA: ʌnfˈɝm
adjective
- Not firm; not strong or stable; feeble; infirm.
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Examples of "unfirm" in Sentences
- I felt like my stomach had turned to Jell-O inside me, all quivery and unfirm.
- Lack of expansion has also resulted in networks being overloaded and capacity becoming increasingly unfirm.
- "The sway of earth _shook_ like a thing unfirm," thousands of houses crumbled to their base, tens of thousands of human beings were buried beneath ruins, or engulfed by the gaping ground.
- In dealing with the Soviet Union, in trying to analyze its objectives and capabilities, we continue to tread, as George Kennan wrote in his diary in 1950, “in the unfirm substance of the imponderables.”
- The springiness might have gone out of his step, and to a certain extent the seat in the saddle was unfirm, and the strength and poise of the body showed signs of abatement, but the fire in the eyes was undimmed and every line of the features was instinct to a wonderful degree with life and vitality.
- As far as supplying energy to the neighbouring countries is concerned this amounts to approximately 4% of the energy generated and most of this relates to “unfirm contractual” obligations, which means essentially that when the country experiences a shortage we very quickly stop electricity supplies to our neighbours.
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