precarious, adj.
freq. cnt. 5
freq. cnt. 5
affording no ease or reassurance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
precarious unstable
sample sentences
"a precarious truce"
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fraught with danger
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
parlous perilous precarious touch-and-go
sample sentences
"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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not secure; beset with difficulties
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precarious shaky
sample sentences
"a shaky marriage"
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