as in instability
the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position
she quickly moved the china teapot after noticing its precariousness on the shelf
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Recent Examples of precariousness
Because this clever, funny play is both an attentive ode to Greenspan’s extraordinary artistry as a playwright-performer and an unsparing meditation on the psychic and financial precariousness of playwriting as a creative life.
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Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
However, the precariousness of their existence was clear.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For job seekers, that precariousness has become full-blown.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Dering declined to comment Tuesday about how the media attention has impacted sales and the company, as well as the precariousness of navigating such unsought publicity.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
However, the precariousness of their existence was clear.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For job seekers, that precariousness has become full-blown.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Dering declined to comment Tuesday about how the media attention has impacted sales and the company, as well as the precariousness of navigating such unsought publicity.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precariousness
instability
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In today’s hyper-connected world, headline after headline about an economic downturn, rising prices and global instability seeps into the workplace, shaping employee morale, workplace culture and even job performance.—
Gyre Renwick,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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