tottering

[tot-er-ing] / ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

unstable

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 not fixed precarious rickety risky rocky sensitive shaky shifty slippery temperamental ticklish tottery tricky uncertain unpredictable unsteady untrustworthy variable volatile weak wiggly wobbly

ADJECTIVE

insecure

Synonyms

STRONG

exposed loose rootless vacillating wavering

WEAK

defenseless fluctuant frail hazardous immature infirm insubstantial open to attack perilous precarious rickety rocky shaky tottery unguarded unprotected unreliable unsafe unshielded unsound unstable unsteady unsure vulnerable weak wobbly

Example Sentences

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It is also another blow to the tottering system of international law.

From BBC

Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times

He sees the milk carton tottering, and tries to reach it, but his fingers graze the side.

From Literature

There, tottering on the edge of the railing that circled the parlor’s private balcony, was Edward Ashton.

From Literature

He regularly held Saturday morning sessions with experts on the tottering Soviet empire and led the George H.W.

From The Wall Street Journal