precariousadjective
uk/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs/us/prɪˈker.i.əs/in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly:
The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
A precarious situation is likely to get worse:
Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position.
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Unsafe and insecure
- at stake idiom
- be on the line idiom
- day
- endangered
- exposed
- in the firing line idiom
- indefensible
- insecure
- jeopardy
- precariously
- shadow
- sketchy
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- unattended
- unbalanced
- unguarded
- unsafe
- unstable
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precariousness
noun [ U ] uk/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs.nəs/us/prɪˈker.i.əs.nəs/