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shakiness

NOUN

instability

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

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But another factor might also help explain some of the recent shakiness: BDCs are more loaded with debt than they used to be, often in ways that are hard to discern.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Habana: "There was a shakiness over whether they could win it, not like their team in 2015."

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2023

Hurkacz held three set points when he led the opening tiebreaker 6-3, but he showed some shakiness and couldn’t hold on.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2023

“Like even the shakiness of their voice or nervousness in their voice, and it felt like, ‘OK, this is real.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

I knew from the shakiness in my legs and the burning in my lungs that I couldn’t run.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

shakiness

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