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precarious
[ pri-kair-ee-uhs ]
adjective
a precarious livelihood.
Synonyms: indeterminate, unsure
Antonyms: secure
- dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another:
He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
Synonyms: undependable, unreliable, dubious, doubtful
Antonyms: reliable
the precarious life of an underseas diver.
Synonyms: hazardous
Antonyms: safe
- having insufficient, little, or no foundation:
a precarious assumption.
Synonyms: unfounded, baseless, groundless
Antonyms: well-founded
precarious
/ prɪˈkɛərɪəs /
adjective
- liable to failure or catastrophe; insecure; perilous
- archaic.dependent on another's will
Derived Forms
- preˈcariousness, noun
- preˈcariously, adverb
Other Words From
- pre·car·i·ous·ly adverb
- pre·car·i·ous·ness noun
- su·per·pre·car·i·ous adjective
- su·per·pre·car·i·ous·ness noun
- un·pre·car·i·ous adjective
- un·pre·car·i·ous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of precarious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of precarious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
While places like Buca di Beppo are hardly independent restaurants, presumably Fieri’s restaurant concept keeps some members of the service industry employed at a time when restaurant work is precarious.
The unique challenges some older people in the US face with digital access is making a precarious situation worse for them.
As gender non-conforming persons, our natal homes can often render our wellbeing precarious.
An absolutely global union would have no such motivation, making it far more precarious.
Indeed, after watching Bridgerton, I concluded in my review that “its most interesting ideas — like Simon’s precarious place in society as a duke of color or his mysterious time abroad — get almost no attention.”
But he has somehow leapt to a higher plateau during the last few years—all the more amazing given his precarious health.
Somebody else suggests that the evidence is precarious, coming as it does from victims who might not make confident witnesses.
It was a precarious life, tented on the fairgrounds with all earnings in cash.
The incident highlights the precarious state of Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from the country.
Their harrowing escape to Erbil has ended in a precarious and hardscrabble existence.
When riding along a good road his position was precarious enough, requiring all his best efforts to maintain his balance.
To what sad, precarious, and miserable existence does he vow himself—he who takes up a literary career?
She had felt that no really nice girl would travel so far on so precarious an errand, particularly when she was alone.
Um could reach the highest shelf without standing on an inverted rice-pot, or the even more precarious fish-cleaning bench.
The life of the forest and desert hunters is one of incessant activity, and their food supply is precarious.
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