precarious
Example Sentences
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As Los Padres National Forest spokesman Andrew Madsen warned, “the foothills of Santa Barbara are especially fragile and hiking is especially precarious in the aftermath of heavy rains.”
From Los Angeles Times
The result leaves Parker's side 19th in the table and in a precarious position six points from safety, having collected just two points from the last 33 on offer.
From BBC
AI seems to have found itself in a precarious paradox thus far: the more capable the tools become, the more intense the tsunami of slop.
From MarketWatch
Under the pressure of enormous change, bildung now came to mean “a precarious heritage under siege by rival nationalists.”
Many of the provisions from Mr. Johnson’s original budget remain, and bond-market watchers know the city’s debt makes city finances even more precarious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
