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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•car•i•ous /prɪˈkɛriəs/USA pronunciation adj. - dependent on circumstances that are beyond one's control;
uncertain:a precarious livelihood. - dangerous because insecure or unsteady:a precarious hold on the rope.
pre•car•i•ous•ly, adv.: hung precariously from the top of the cable car. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•car•i•ous (pri kâr′ē əs),USA pronunciation adj. - dependent on circumstances beyond one's control;
uncertain;
unstable;
insecure:a precarious livelihood. - dependent on the will or pleasure of another;
liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another:He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration. - exposed to or involving danger;
dangerous;
perilous;
risky:the precarious life of an underseas diver. - having insufficient, little, or no foundation:a precarious assumption.
- Latin precārius obtained by entreaty or mere favor, hence uncertain. See prayer1
- 1640–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unsure, unsteady. See uncertain.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged doubtful, dubious, unreliable, undependable.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hazardous.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged groundless, baseless, unfounded.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged secure.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reliable.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged safe.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged well-founded.
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