precarious
Example Sentences
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Many of these workers take low paid or precarious jobs, and have little access to things like healthcare, the ILO says.
From BBC
The situation is so precarious that Prime Minister Koo Yun Cheol has suggested that, for the first time in 35 years, driving restrictions may be imposed on the public to restrict energy consumption.
From MarketWatch
He was treading in precarious territory, he felt.
From Literature
Among the region’s architectural highlights are the ramshackle row houses of the ancient Penedo village and the precarious seaside village of Azenhas do Mar with its white cottages clinging to coastal cliffs.
The mood is tense and uneasy, befitting a number about the precarious state of life on Earth.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
