Both Uses of
precarious
in
Childhood's End
- When Karellen had finished, the nations of Earth knew that their days of precarious sovereignty had ended.†
Chpt 2 *
- Countless times the strata bad creaked and shifted, as the unimaginable weight of water disturbed their precarious equilibrium.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling