squishier; squishiest
1
: being soft, yielding, and usually damp
2
squishiness
noun
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The ground was wet and squishy.
those are awfully squishy estimates for the final cost of a new football stadium
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
Williams saw that a simulation based on squishy pebbles would make the new algorithm’s space usage much smaller—roughly equal to the square root of the original algorithm’s time budget.
—Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 13 July 2025
Various analyses show electric bills are poised to rise across the country — but the exact numbers are squishy.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
But that’s hard to pin down in a film squishy enough to justify several different interpretations.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 July 2025
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“Squishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squishy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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