Definition of fiddle-footednext

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Adjective
  • An unexpected collaboration opportunity is very possible under today’s trine between excitable Mars and erratic Uranus.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • At the Ricardo residence in the ’50s sitcom I Love Lucy, over-the-top housewife Lucy and Ricky, her excitable husband, were always getting into some sort of entertaining hijinks.
    Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But with all that protection and all the money spent, neighbors like Brown are still nervous.
    Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • His presence made Kennedy nervous.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • This progress addresses the requirement for high oxidation states, which typically makes material growth unstable under conditions that allow for superconductivity.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Her very reliable and efficient assistant Eunice (Seoyeon Jang) stands by her side but curries the jealous attention of unstable Ashley.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The story centers on a young couple (Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny) whose lives become entangled with their volatile boss and his wife (Isaac and Carey Mulligan) after witnessing a disturbing incident at an elite country club.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Fiddle-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle-footed. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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