Etymology: [ pri-'kar-E-&s, -'ker- ] (adjective.) 1646. From Latin precārius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire and Spanish, Portuguese and Italian precario.
Synonyms: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy, hanging by a thread, hazardous, iffy, impugnable, indecisive, insecure, loaded, on thin ice
dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous, depending on the intention of another, dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder", not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage", fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery", Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes, Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders. + precariously pre·cari·ous·ly One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper, dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder, affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce", Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges, If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. Our financial situation had become precarious. the Government's precarious position. = uncertain secure + precariously pre·cari·ous·ly The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions. + precariousness pre·cari·ous·ness Wells was well aware of the precariousness of human life, dangerous, risky; unsteady, unstable; uncertain, unsure; lacking a foundation, lacking a solid base, affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder, In a precarious manner; dangerously, A state of being uncertain or unstable, dangerously, in a risky manner; unstably, unsteadily, in a precarious manner; "being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with, extreme dangerousness, risk, peril; danger, hazard; insecurity, instability, unsureness,
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dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous
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depending on the intention of another
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dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder"
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not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"
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fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
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Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes
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Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders. + precariously pre·cari·ous·ly One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper
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dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder
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affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
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Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges
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If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. Our financial situation had become precarious. the Government's precarious position. = uncertain secure + precariously pre·cari·ous·ly The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions. + precariousness pre·cari·ous·ness Wells was well aware of the precariousness of human life
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dangerous, risky; unsteady, unstable; uncertain, unsure; lacking a foundation, lacking a solid base sıfat
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affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder
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precariously
In a precarious manner; dangerously
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precariousness
A state of being uncertain or unstable - "The precariousness of political relations between the two countries could lead to war."
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precariously
dangerously, in a risky manner; unstably, unsteadily
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precariously
in a precarious manner; "being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with
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precariousness
extreme dangerousness
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precariousness
risk, peril; danger, hazard; insecurity, instability, unsureness isim
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