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- Dictionaryprecarious/prɪˈkɛːrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse: "a precarious ladder"
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in danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm: I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.
The meaning of PRECARIOUS is dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments. How to use precarious in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Precarious.
Precarious definition: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure. See examples of PRECARIOUS used in a sentence.
in danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm: I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.
If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. Our financial situation had become precarious. ...the Government's precarious position.
dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.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.
Definition of precarious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
