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wankle.

Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwæŋkəl/
  1. Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.

    Northern-England · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

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