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 *precarious = unsafe or unsure
- Countless times the strata bad creaked and shifted, as the unimaginable weight of water disturbed their precarious equilibrium.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling