Synonyms: feeble, weak, weakly, sapless, rickety, infirm, debile, decrepit
Definition: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Usage: a feeble old woman; her body looked sapless
Synonyms: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky
Definition: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Usage: 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
Similar words: unstable
Definition: lacking stability or fixity or firmness
Usage: unstable political conditions; the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind; an unstable world economy
Definition: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
Usage: rickety limbs and joints; a rachitic patient
Definition: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Usage: ill from the monotony of his suffering