not fixed

ADJECTIVE

movable

Synonyms

STRONG

ambulatory mobile motile portable

WEAK

adaptable adjustable conveyable deployable detachable in parts liftable loose moving not fastened on wheels portative removable separable shiftable transferable turnable unattached unfastened unstationary unsteady

Antonyms

WEAK

fixed immovable permanent unmovable untransportable

ADJECTIVE

tottering

Synonyms

STRONG

dizzy fluctuating moving suspect teetering unsettled vacillating wavering weaving

WEAK

ambiguous borderline capricious changeable dubious erratic fickle fitful giddy inconsistent inconstant insecure irrational lubricious mercurial mobile movable mutable precarious rickety risky rocky sensitive shaky shifty slippery temperamental ticklish tottery tricky uncertain unpredictable unsteady untrustworthy variable volatile weak wiggly wobbly

ADJECTIVE

tottery

Synonyms

WEAK

ambiguous borderline capricious changeable dizzy dubious erratic fickle fitful fluctuating giddy inconsistent inconstant insecure irrational lubricious mercurial mobile movable moving mutable precarious rickety risky rocky sensitive shaky shifty slippery suspect teetering temperamental ticklish tottering tricky uncertain unpredictable unsettled unsteady untrustworthy vacillating variable volatile wavering weak weaving wiggly wobbly

ADJECTIVE

unstable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous changeable erratic fickle insecure irrational precarious risky rocky sensitive shaky slippery ticklish tricky uncertain unpredictable unsettled unsteady volatile weak wobbly

WEAK

borderline capricious dizzy dubious fitful fluctuating giddy inconsistent inconstant lubricious mercurial mobile movable moving mutable rickety shifty suspect teetering temperamental untrustworthy vacillating variable wavering weaving wiggly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain clear confident constant definite dependable easy firm guarded happy predictable protected reliable safe secure sound stable steady strong sure unchanging unshaky

ADJECTIVE

unstable/unsteady

Synonyms

WEAK

ambiguous borderline capricious changeable dizzy dubious erratic fickle fitful fluctuating giddy inconsistent inconstant insecure irrational lubricious mercurial mobile movable moving mutable precarious rickety risky rocky sensitive shaky shifty slippery suspect teetering temperamental ticklish tricky uncertain unpredictable unsettled untrustworthy vacillating variable volatile wavering weaving wiggly wobbly

Antonyms

WEAK

stable steady strong

Example Sentences

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Importantly, pancreatic cancer cells are not fixed in one subtype.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The number of people having strokes could rise over the next decade if the "postcode lottery" of prevention and care in Wales is not fixed, the Stroke Association has warned.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Each configuration seems contingent, not fixed, as if in a process of perpetual transition driven by some invisible force—tectonic restlessness or a growth hormone, say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

“Credit scores are not fixed numbers,” it says.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

“Can’t they at least stop him stealing everything that’s not fixed down when he’s at headquarters?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

not fixed

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