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Wonky

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WordDefinition
awryTurned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
crookedNot straight; having one or more bends or angles.
unstableverbNot stable.
shakyShaking or trembling.
askewnounTurned or twisted to one side.
wobblynounUnsteady and tending to wobble.
ricketyOf an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
lopsidedNot even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.
cockeyed(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.

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WordDefinition
lopsidedNot even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.
unstableverbNot stable.
ricketyOf an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
shakyShaking or trembling.
wobblynounUnsteady and tending to wobble.
awryTurned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
askewnounTurned or twisted to one side.
crookedNot straight; having one or more bends or angles.
cockeyed(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
skewjawedCrooked, misaligned, or disorganized.
totteringverbUnsteady, precarious or rickety.
wabblynounwobbly
warpedDistorted by warping; twisted out of shape
wobblesomeCharacterised or marked by wobbling
wobblishsomewhat wobbly
deformedUnusual of shape; misshapen.
loppynoun(Australia, New Zealand) An unskilled worker.
twistedConsisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
loopynounA surname.
wibblynoun(British, informal) Wobbly.

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