Precarious - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prɪˈkerərɪəs|
Brit.
|prɪˈkeərɪəs|
adjective
- affording no ease or reassurance (syn: unstable)
a precarious truce
- fraught with danger (syn: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go)the precarious life of an undersea diver
- not secure; beset with difficulties (syn: shaky)Extra examples
He earned a precarious livelihood by gambling.
The strong wind almost knocked him off of his precarious perch on the edge of the cliff.
They afforded them but a scanty and precarious support.
It is quite unproved, quite precarious from beginning to end.
His mode of proof is precarious and unsatisfactory.
His health was infirm and his life precarious.
There are so many rocks under water, that navigation is very precarious.
Her health remained precarious, despite the treatment.
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