precarious

/prikˈɛriʌs/

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Adjective Satellite
affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"