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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unfirm, unsteadyadjective

    not firmly or solidly positioned

    "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance"

  2. shifting, unfirmadjective

    (of soil) unstable

    "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

Wiktionary

  1. unfirmadjective

    infirm

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unfirmadjective

    Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm
    Than women’s are. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    So is the unfirm king
    In three divided; and his coffers sound
    With hollow poverty and emptiness. William Shakespeare.

    Take the time, while stagg’ring yet they stand,
    With feet unfirm, and prepossess the strand. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unfirmadjective

    infirm

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unfirm

    un-fėrm′, adj. infirm.—n. Unfirm′ness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unfirm in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unfirm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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