precarious
IPA: prikˈɛriʌs
adjective
- (comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
- (law) Depending on the intention of another.
- (dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.
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Examples of "precarious" in Sentences
- The state of the hieromonk was precarious.
- The war has made the life of women more precarious.
- It was the most tricky and precarious part of the duty.
- The situation around the bishopric was very precarious.
- The remainder of the building is in a precarious condition.
- Climbing out of the bay the path passes the precarious Logan Rock.
- The British were in a precarious situation with the Issue of Mosul.
- The security situation in the Khost Gardez Pass remains precarious.
- Even before the war, the state of the Spanish empire was precarious.
- The bill contains hortatory language but is precariously weak in the details.