1. (a.) Exposed to constant risk; unstable; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.
2. (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
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