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1 unstable equilibrium position
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2 shaky
adjective1) (unsteady) wack[e]lig [Möbelstück, Leiter]; zittrig [Hand, Stimme, Bewegung, Greis]be shaky on one's legs — wacklig auf den Beinen sein (ugs.)
2) (unreliable)* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) zittrig2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) wackelig3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) unsicher* * *[ˈʃeɪki]1. (unsteady) hands, voice, handwriting zittrig; ladder, table wack[e]lighis voice was a bit \shaky on the high notes bei den hohen Tönen war seine Stimme leicht brüchigto be \shaky on one's feet unsicher auf den Beinen seinto feel a bit \shaky (physically) noch etwas wack[e]lig auf den Beinen sein; (emotionally) beunruhigt seinhis English is rather \shaky sein Englisch ist etwas holprigon \shaky ground auf unsicherem Bodento get off to a \shaky start mühsam in Gang kommen* * *['ʃeIkɪ]adj (+er)chair, position wackelig; evidence fragwürdig, unsicher; voice, hands, writing zitt(e)rig; knowledge unsicher, wackeligin rather shaky French — in ziemlich holprigem Französisch
to feel shaky (physically) — sich ganz schwach fühlen; (from nerves) sich zitt(e)rig fühlen
to get off to a shaky start (fig) — einen unsicheren or holprigen Anfang nehmen
* * *shaky [ˈʃeıkı] adj (adv shakily)1. wack(e)lig (auch fig Firma etc):be shaky on one’s legs wacklig auf den Beinen sein umg2. zitt(e)rig, bebend (Hände, Stimme)shaky courage wankender Mut4. fig unsicher, zweifelhaft5. angeschlagen (Gesundheit)* * *adjective1) (unsteady) wack[e]lig [Möbelstück, Leiter]; zittrig [Hand, Stimme, Bewegung, Greis]2) (unreliable)* * *adj.schlotterig adj.wacklig adj. -
3 unsound
adjective1) (diseased) nicht gesund; krank2) (defective) baufällig [Gebäude]3) (ill-founded) wenig stichhaltig; anfechtbar [Gesetz]; nicht vertretbar [Ansichten, Methoden]4) (unreliable) unzuverlässigthe firm is financially unsound — die Firma steht finanziell auf schwachen Füßen
5)* * *un·sound[ʌnˈsaʊnd]your theory is logically \unsound deine Theorie ist logisch nicht folgerichtig\unsound police evidence nicht stichhaltiges polizeiliches Beweismaterial3. (unreliable) person unsolide, unzuverlässigthe construction firm was accused of \unsound building practices man hat das Bauunternehmen beschuldigt, unsolide zu bauen4. (unhealthy) ungesundhis kidney function is \unsound seine Nieren arbeiten nicht richtigto be of \unsound mind unzurechnungsfähig sein* * *[ʌn'saʊnd]adj1) heart, teeth krank; health, gums angegriffen; floorboards, timber morsch; construction, design unsolide; foundations, finances unsicher, schwachthe ship was quite unsound — das Schiff war überhaupt nicht seetüchtig
2) argument nicht stichhaltig, anfechtbar; advice unvernünftig; judgement unzuverlässig; doctrine unvertretbar; policy, move unklug; (JUR) conviction ungesichertpolitically unsound (person) — politisch unzuverlässig; policy politisch unklug
ideologically/ecologically unsound — ideologisch/ökologisch nicht vertretbar
our financial position is unsound —
I'm unsound on French grammar — ich bin unsicher in französischer Grammatik
the book is unsound on some points — das Buch weist an einigen Stellen Schwächen auf
* * *unsound adj (adv unsoundly)3. morsch, wurmstichig4. brüchig, rissig5. fig unsicher, zweifelhaft8. anfechtbar (Argument etc)9. fig falsch, verkehrt:unsound doctrine Irrlehre f;unsound policy verfehlte Politik* * *adjective1) (diseased) nicht gesund; krank2) (defective) baufällig [Gebäude]3) (ill-founded) wenig stichhaltig; anfechtbar [Gesetz]; nicht vertretbar [Ansichten, Methoden]4) (unreliable) unzuverlässig5)* * *adj.ungesund adj.unzuverlässig adj.
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