unfirm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNFIRM', adjective [See Firm.] 1. Not firm; weak; feeble; infirm. [Note. When we speak of the weakness of the human frame, we use infirm. When we speak of the weakness of other things, as a bridge, wall and the like, we say, it is unfirm ] 2. Not stable; not well fixed. With feet unfirm
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