Precarious, Precariously, Precariousness
precarious (adjective) -
a. not in complete control and might fail at any moment
b. likely to fall down at any moment, position not firm and secure
precariously (adverb)
precariousness (noun)
a precarious position
a precarious financial position
a precarious financial condition
a precarious financial situation
a precarious legal position
a precarious situation
an already precarious situation
aggravate a precarious situation
precarious circumstances
in a precarious state
the precarious state of the economy
precarious state in the aftermath of
a very precarious thing
a precarious combination of
a precarious complexity
a precarious independence
a precarious relationship
a precarious balance
upset the precarious balance
precarious political balance
a precarious existence
a precarious position
a precarious time
a precarious period
a precarious step
a precarious occupation
precarious employment
life is precarious
a short and precarious life
life hanging in a precarious balance
a precarious success
hold on to their precarious success
precarious at best
remains precarious
fragile and precarious
precarious path on a cliff
precarious on one's feet
precarious grip
precarious grip on reality
Example sentences:
* The complexity of his precarious financial position was impossible to sort out.
* But your circumstances are precarious, and may easily lead you into unhappiness. (Source: British National Corpus)
* He always went back home for Christmas but it was always a precarious time for him.
* The precarious state of the economy made investments risky.
* It was a precarious business at the best of times.
* Trouble is, given the Thai economy's still precarious state in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the voters are hearing more promises than policy.
* She forgot her own precarious position, the chances that she might be fired if she raised the issue with her boss.
* Working for investment banks has become a distinctly precarious occupation recently.
* Life is precarious and survival itself uncertain.
* His position within the firm seems even more precarious after the scandal.
* This plan is precarious to say the least.
* A most precarious operation to say the least.
* Despite their precarious situation, they managed to survive.
* The relationship between the two firms is precarious at best.
* He fell down the stair after he lost his precarious grip on the wet handrail.
* These changes in the company will aggravate the already precarious situation of the company's finances.
* Relationships between the two races is a very precarious thing indeed.
* After the car crash he remained in the hospital on life support, his life hanging in a precarious balance.
* The brave company that had battled its way to the top despite tremendous odds, plotted a strategy to hold on to their precarious success.
* As the mental disease intensified, she lost her precarious grip on reality.
* The young woman engaged in a precarious combination of borrowing large sums of money and blowing it all in shopping sprees.
* A dog's life is even shorter and more precarious than a human's.
* We had heard that the paths ahead were precarious and exposed, but my heart sank when I noticed that even the horses were being blindfolded. (Source: British National Corpus)
* He was quite adept at establishing the right relations within the company to perpetuate his own precarious existence in the firm.
* He lived on a steep cliff towering over the sea clinging to a precarious independence.
* Nature is a precarious system.
* She felt the only possible solution to the situation would be if Liza were to marry again; but with the girl's precarious mental state and lack of contact with the outside world, this hardly seemed likely. (Source: British National Corpus)
