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Definition of Precarious

Precarious Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes. Related Definitions: Another, As, At, Be, By, Certainty, Changed, Constant, Courtesy, Depended, Depending, Doubtful, Exposed, For, Health, Held, Liable, Lost, Not, Of, On, Or, Pleasure, Precarious, Risk, Stability, State, Tenure, The, To, Uncertain, Unknown, Will

Precarious Quotations All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out. Sidney Sheldon A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. Hubert H. Humphrey Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability. Morris Raphael Cohen

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