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precarious
adjective
Affording no ease or reassurance
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adjective
Affording no ease or reassurance
“A precarious truce”
adjective
Fraught with danger
“A parlous journey on stormy seas”
adjective
Not secure; beset with difficulties
“A shaky marriage”
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A precarious truce
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
A shaky marriage
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