precariousness

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. 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 See All Example Sentences for precariousness
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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
  • 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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“Precariousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precariousness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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