French-English translations for bancal

crippleThe Communist system, to borrow the words of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, was based on lies and terror, and was a crippled system that was unacceptable to human nature. Pour reprendre les mots d'Alexandre Soljenitsyne, le système communiste reposait sur le mensonge et la terreur, il était bancal et inacceptable pour la nature humaine. He returned from war a cripple.The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
lameThat kind of attitude never leads to successful negotiations, ending instead with lame compromises which, at the end of the day, do not satisfy anyone. Cette attitude conduit toujours à une sortie par le bas des négociations, avec des compromis bancals et, au bout du compte, insatisfaisants pour tous. a lame leg, arm or muscle

lopsided
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Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.
ricketyHe hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
shakyAfter years of tug-of-war between the United Nations and Cambodia, it is becoming clear that a shaky compromise has been reached. Après les années de tension entre les États-Unis et le Cambodge, il devient clair qu' un compromis bancal a été atteint. The expression of divergent interests has resulted in a rather shaky overall construction that contains certain inconsistencies, or even contradictions. L’expression d’intérêts divergents a débouché sur une construction d’ensemble un peu bancale présentant certaines incohérences, voire des contradictions. a shaky spot in a marsh
unclear
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Im still unclear about what she meant by that remark.
wobbly