Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being unfirm; want of firmness; instability.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Infirmness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being unfirm.

Etymologies

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unfirm +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Rather than making him bouncy, the graduated shift to Terran weight gave a sense of unfirmness.

    Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966

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