"unfirm" in the adjective sense
1. unfirm, unsteady
not firmly or solidly positioned
"climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"
"an unfirm stance"
2. shifting, unfirm
of soil) unstable
"shifting sands"
"unfirm earth"
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