WordSearchSeries #2 -PRECARIOUS

Today on #WordSearchSeries, i found the word Precarious.

I have never used this word before nor have I heard someone say it to me until recently.

At work the other day, my boss let me know we had to prepare a memo. I grabbed my pen and notepad and proceeded to get a brief. All was going well….. then he said Precarious.

#NewWordAlert From the context of the statement he made, i figured it had to do with being unstable or dicey. I mentally made a note check the word later and of course share on #WordSearchSeries.

After preparing the document and sending off to the receiving department, I grabbed my phone to check the dictionary.

Here’s what I found out.

Precarious means:

Not securely held in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Dependent on chance; uncertain.

Not secure; beset with difficulties

Affording no ease or reassurance

For example,

He made a precarious living as a painter.

The precarious life of an undersea diver.

Ade is in a precarious situation. He awaits the outcome of his disciplinary committee case.

Basically, You get the drift once you think dangerous, unsafe, uncertain, risky, unreliable, shaky, unpredictable, unsure.