As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
UNFIRM
shifting, unfirm
(adjective) (of soil) unstable; “shifting sands”; “unfirm earth”
unfirm, unsteady
(adjective) not firmly or solidly positioned; “climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder”; “an unfirm stance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unfirm (comparative more unfirm, superlative most unfirm)
Not firm; not strong or stable; feeble; infirm.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*firm", a.
Definition: Infirm. [R.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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