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PRECARIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affording no ease or reassurance
Example:
a precarious truce
Synonyms:
precarious; unstable
Classified under:
Similar:
uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)
Derivation:
precariousness (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fraught with danger
Example:
dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
Synonyms:
parlous; perilous; precarious; touch-and-go
Classified under:
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Derivation:
precariousness (extreme dangerousness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not secure; beset with difficulties
Example:
a shaky marriage
Synonyms:
precarious; shaky
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
insecure; unsafe (lacking in security or safety)
Derivation:
precariousness (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance)
