precariousness

pre·car·i·ous  (pr-kâr-s)

adj.

1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder.

2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions: "His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued" (Christopher Brooke).

3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: a precarious solution to a difficult problem.

4. Archaic Dependent on the will or favor of another.

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[From Latin precrius, obtained by entreaty, uncertain, from precr, to entreat; see pray.]

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pre·cari·ous·ly adv.

pre·cari·ous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	precariousness - extreme dangerousness dangerousness - the quality of not being safe
	2.	precariousness - being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income" uncertainness, uncertainty quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, question - uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise" indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination - the quality of being vague and poorly defined unpredictability - lacking predictability improbability, improbableness - the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences" fortuitousness - the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance speculativeness - the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation; "her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence"

Translations

precariousness [prɪˈkɛərɪəsnɪs] N → precariedad f

precariousness [prɪˈkɛəriəsnɪs] n [situation, existence, job] → précarité f

precariousness [prɪˈkɛərɪəsnɪs] n → precarietà

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precariousness [prɪˈkɛərɪəsnɪs] n → precarietà