Precarious

[adj] affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
[adj] fraught with danger; "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"
[adj] not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"
[adj] dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder"

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Synonyms

dangerous, insecure, parlous, perilous, shaky, touch-and-go, uneasy, unsafe, unstable

Related Terms

ambiguous, borderline, chancy, critical, dangerous, delicate, desultory, dicey, difficult, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hairy, hazardous, iffy, indecisive, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, on slippery ground, on thin ice, open, perilous, problematic, pro