"wonky" in the adjective sense

1. askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff

turned or twisted toward one side

"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton

"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

2. rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

"a rickety table"

"a wobbly chair with shaky legs"

"the ladder felt a little wobbly"

"the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

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