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• s  inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  a wobbly chair with shaky legs
• s  vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
  seemed shaky on her feet
• s  not secure; beset with difficulties
  a shaky marriage

• Under its new anti-Communist government, Laos got off to a shaky and cautious start last week.
• Rice, 51, has less than three years to reverse the many mistakes of a shaky Administration and master the job designed by the lords of the mountain for the history books.
• Allowing investors to keep more?or all?of their dividends will not only nudge them back into the shaky market, proponents argue, but also encourage greater corporate .

• rickety
• wobbly
• wonky
• shivering
• trembling
• precarious

News & Articles

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• Perham falls in Minnesota Class 2A state baseball championship game
  MINNEAPOLIS - The Perham Yellowjackets were unable to overcome a shaky first inning and fell to No. 5 Kasson-Mantorville 8-1 in the Minnesota Class 2A state baseball championship Monday at Target Field. Perham starter Eric Brauch walked the first two batters, followed by four singles and a sacrifice bunt, as Kasson-Mantorville built a 3-0 lead in the opening inning.
  June 18, 2013 - The Fargo Forum
• This Chinese Cargo Loader Does Not Care About Your Fragile Things
  We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cellphone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:
  June 17, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
• Verizon reportedly considers purchasing Canada's Wind Mobile
  Competition in the Canadian cellphone space is on shaky ground when Wind Mobile faces an uncertain future . If The Globe and Mail 's sources are accurate, however, Wind may get a lifeline from an unexpected source: Verizon. The US carrier has reportedly held "exploratory" talks for a possible takeover of Wind that would help the Canadian firm bid in the upcoming 700MHz auction , improving its ...
  June 17, 2013 - Engadget

Quotes

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• Angela Merkel in International Herald Tribune
  This is a clear advance, compared with the shaky agreement from the previous year,Merkel told reporters on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Toyako, northern Japan.
• Olin Browne in National Post
  This course is right up my alley,said Browne, who tied for second in the 2005 tournament. "I hit every green and only had one shaky putt. Like I said, I like this golf course. It fits my eye and I'm happy to get to the start that I did."
• Bruno Tonioli in Pendle Today
  Bruno Tonioli said: "For a bit of rough you actually scrub up quite well. It was a bit shaky and unsteady. You held your breath - you looked like you were going for a dive".