5
thin(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
weakly(adjective, uncertain, feeble, frail, puny)
4
decayed(adjective, mean, poor, bare, shabby)
4
doddering(adjective, feeble, frail, flimsy, dilapidated)
4
falling apart(expression, adjective, dilapidated, decaying, crumbling)
4
imperfect(adjective, mean, weak, down, ill)
4
rattletrap(noun, adjective, weak, unstable, unsettled)
4
teetering(adjective, shaky, uneven, unbalanced, unsteady)
4
uncertain(adjective, weak, sensitive, feeble, doubtful)
4
unreliable(adjective, unstable, ill, shaky, unhealthy)
4
wavering(adjective, weak, uncertain, unstable, feeble)
3
ailing(adjective, mean, weak, down, ill)
3
cranky(adjective, weakness)
3
creaky(weakness, feeble, frail, flimsy, debilitated)
3
drooping
3
groggy
3
in disrepair
3
lame
3
powerless(adjective, uncertain, feeble, frail, puny)
3
risky(adjective, uneven, unbalanced, unhinged)
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