precarious
Example Sentences
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Under the pressure of enormous change, bildung now came to mean “a precarious heritage under siege by rival nationalists.”
Many of the provisions from Mr. Johnson’s original budget remain, and bond-market watchers know the city’s debt makes city finances even more precarious.
We were in a precarious situation with my father.
No council has ever won a referendum to raise council tax beyond 5% – although councils in precarious financial positions have been granted special permission to do so by the government, increasingly so in recent years.
From BBC
Both the Sydney attacks and January’s fires showed how precarious life and community can be.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
