Meanings
- uncountableA state of being uncertain or unstable.
Near-synonyms: instability, jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger
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The precariousness of political relations between the two countries could lead to war.
The coronavirus shock has made the economic precariousness — usually seen in scattershot fashion — evident everywhere at once.
2020 April 16, Patricia Cohen, “Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2020Synonyms: precarity, instability, jeopardy, adventure, danger, distress, harm's way, peril
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state of being uncertain or unstable.
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Origin
Translations
Catalan precarietat
- precarietatstate of being uncertain or unstable
French précarité
- précaritéstate of being uncertain or unstable
Hebrew אי־יציבות
- אי־יציבות (í-yetzivút)state of being uncertain or unstable
Italian precarietà
- precarietàstate of being uncertain or unstable
Portuguese precariedade
- precariedadestate of being uncertain or unstable
Turkish istikrarsızlık
- istikrarsızlıkstate of being uncertain or unstable
Cite this entry
precariousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precariousness
“precariousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precariousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precariousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precariousness.
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