precarious

3 definitions • 3 examples

in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly:

The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.

A precarious situation is likely to get worse:

Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position.

in danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm:

I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.