precarious

Adjective
  1. Affording no ease or reassurance (synset 300826760)
    "a precarious truce"
    similar to: uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
    same as: unstable
  2. Fraught with danger (synset 302067900)
    "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"
    similar to: dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
    same as: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go
  3. Not secure;
    Beset with difficulties (synset 302102317)
    "a shaky marriage"
    similar to: insecure, unsafe - lacking in security or safety
    same as: shaky

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