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    [Noun]  | "pre*car*i*ous*ness" | \ pri-ˈker-ē-əs-nəs \


    1: the state or condition of being precarious


    Origin: 1666 ;

    [Noun]  | "precariousness" 


    1: the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position;


      * e.g., " ... she quickly moved the china teapot after noticing its precariousness on the shelf "





    [Adjective]  | "precarious" 


    1: not safe, strong, or steady;


      * e.g., " ... He earned a precarious livelihood by gambling. "





     [ "precarious" ]

    1: Dangerously lacking security

      * e.g.,  ... Iraq is a precarius place for citizens to walk freely. 

     [ "precariously" ]

    1: dangerously unsteady

      * e.g.,  ... Hopefully this has not ruined our precariously perched friendship. Listen to unsteady (use the word precarious in place of unsteady) by X-Ambassorders. 

     [ "precarious position" ]

    1: To be at ones mercy. To be in a situation where only someone else other than your self can decide your fate. (Most of the time a bad scenario).

      * e.g.,  ... When Steve put my king in check i knew i was in a precarious position.  

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