Precariousness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state or character of being precarious; uncertainty; dependence on the will or pleasure of others, or on unknown events: as, the
precariousness
of life or health.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A state of being
uncertain
or
unstable
.
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noun.
extreme dangerousness
noun.
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
Word Usage
"And yet I have been at pains not to conceal the facts that those things I have instanced have a certain precariousness of tenure."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
dangerousness
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