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precipitouspre‧cip‧i‧tous /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adjective   - a precipitous decision
- a precipitous drop in property values
- A precipitous path led down the cliff.
- A few hundred steps down a gorge, then up the precipitous rock wall.
- If a bear suddenly appears, the goats head for precipitous ledges where the less agile predator can not follow.
- Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.
- More telling are the precipitous cost increases at state universities, which account for four out of every five college diplomas.
- Much of the precipitous decline in return on equity was due to a rise in labor costs over those years.
- The precipitous discharge of some young children, I think, was avoided.
- The precipitous nature of the slide is also noteworthy.
- There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.
NOUN► decline· The top graph on page 160 shows the precipitous decline in the number of people involved in awareness-driven initiatives.· Much of the precipitous decline in return on equity was due to a rise in labor costs over those years.· Calvin Welch of the Council for Community Housing said aid for housing low-and middle-income people is in precipitous decline.· The most alarming statistic was the state of the game before the advent of this precipitous decline. 1very sudden:  a precipitous decline in stock prices2dangerously high or steep: a precipitous path3 formal happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully: a precipitous marriage—precipitously adverb |