5
unreliable(adjective, delicate, passionate, uncertainty, uncertain)
5
unsettled(adjective, upset, weak, delicate, uncertain)
4
abstruse(hard, tricky, complicated)
4
acute(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
4
demanding(adjective, difficult)
4
hypersensitive(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
4
iffy(noun, adjective, delicate, uncertain, sensitive)
4
inconsistent(adjective, change, continue, unstable, unreliable)
4
insecure(adjective, upset, delicate, uncertain, anxious)
4
rough(adjective, difficult)
4
strenuous(adjective, difficult)
4
unsafe(adjective, delicate, uncertain, sensitive, unstable)
3
erratic(adjective, change, continue, passionate, careless)
3
irritable(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
3
mutable(adjective, upset, careless, uncertain, anxious)
3
on slippery ground(expression, adjective, idiom, delicate, uncertain)
3
onerous(adjective, difficult)
3
questionable(adjective, uncertainty)
3
responsive(adjective, understanding, kind, keen, fine)
3
tetchy(sensitive, prickly, quick-tempered)
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