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precarious

/prɪ'kɜriəs/

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adjective
not secure; beset with difficulties
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shaky insecure unsafe
adjective
affording no ease or reassurance
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"a precarious truce"

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unstable uneasy
adjective
fraught with danger
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"the precarious life of an undersea diver"

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parlous perilous touch-and-go dangerous unsafe

Examples of precarious

"a precarious truce"
"the precarious life of an undersea diver"