precarious

adj 1: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" [syn:

{unstable}]

2: 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"

[syn: {parlous}, {perilous}, {touch-and-go}]

3: dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder"

4: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"

[syn: {shaky}]