precarious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

affording no ease or reassurance
- "a precarious truce"
fraught with danger
- "the precarious life of an undersea diver"
not secure; beset with difficulties

Adj

Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
Depending on the intention of another.
Relating to incipient caries.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin precārius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire, Portuguese precário, and Spanish and Italian precario.

Synonyms

parlous, perilous, rickety, shaky, tottering, touch-and-go, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, wobbly

Scrabble Score: 14

precarious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
precarious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
precarious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

precarious is a valid Words With Friends word