Precarious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Precarious has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Adjective

affording no ease or reassurance

"a precarious truce"

precarious unstable

fraught with danger

"dangerous waters"

"a parlous journey on stormy seas"

"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"

"the precarious life of an undersea diver"

"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

parlous perilous precarious touch-and-go

not secure; beset with difficulties

"a shaky marriage"

precarious shaky

Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

Relating to incipient caries.

Example Sentences

"a precarious truce" adjective

"dangerous waters" adjective

"a parlous journey on stormy seas" adjective

"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat" adjective

"the precarious life of an undersea diver" adjective

"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" adjective

"a shaky marriage" adjective