[responsivevoice] precarious [/responsivevoice] [ pri-kair-ee-uhs ]
The word of the day is ‘precarious.’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Tricky
2. Doubtful
3. Uncertain
4. Not securely held or in position
1. Hindi – Anishchit
2. Spanish – Precario
3. French – Précaire
4. Mandarin -Kě wéi
1. Life is precarious as the fall of a die at best an ephemeral business.
2. The buying of cheap bills is, however, a most precarious operation.
3. He paused and swaggered a little on the precarious support of his cracker box.
4. He made a precarious living as a painter.
5. In any case, it was evident that the Italian opera was a precarious enterprise.
dangerous, delicate, dicey, hazardous, insecure, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy, iffy, impugnable, indecisive, loaded, rugged, sensitive, unsafe, unsure, unpredictable, undependable, treacherous, doubtful, tricky, wobbly, parlous etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
certain, definite, guarded, happy, healthy, protected, reliable, safe, secure, settled, stable,,, steady, strong, sure, firm, undoubted
Quotation:
I hear the same anxieties over and over again. Everything is too fast; everything is too precarious. We have more access than ever to the people we are trying to reach, thanks to social media and mobile technology, and more information than we know what to do with.
Anna Wintour
Social Example:
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