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 But instead of recognizing the precariousness of his position, Netanyahu abandoned his characteristic caution, put his faith in Trump without a fallback, and is now left with nowhere else to turn. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025 Recurrent themes running through the selection are motherhood, love and precariousness, and often precariousness linked to motherhood, such as in Adam’s Interest and the other Belgian film Kika. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for precariousness
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instability
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  • The duo, who started off as Hollywood actresses seen in films like Tyler Perry’s Duplicity and Lifetime’s The Wrong Cheerleader, share the joy of their ministry journey, which included bouts of mental instability and self-images issues.
    Anaja I. Smith, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
  • This week's snowfall was triggered by unusual atmospheric instability affecting northern Chile.
    María de los Ángeles Orfila, Space.com, 5 July 2025

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“Precariousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precariousness. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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