precarious position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprecariousandposition
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precarious
adjective
uk/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs/us/prɪˈker.i.əs/
in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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Those who find themselves in aprecariousposition.
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This places the advocates of wholesale justice in aprecariousposition.
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Uprooted from their homes and often alone, evacuees were in a particularlyprecariousposition.
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Such an enterprise, of course, puts researchers in the statisticallyprecariouspositionof trying to "prove" the null hypothesis.
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We are in a veryprecariousposition.
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The agents are in aprecariousposition.
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He would be in aprecariousposition.
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That is a somewhatprecariousposition.
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He is in a highlyprecariousposition.
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That has left many farms in aprecariousposition.
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We put ourselves in a veryprecariousposition.
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In fact, it is in aprecariousposition.
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We know the extraordinaryprecariouspositionof fruit crops.
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Today, however, it occupies a veryprecariousposition.
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The shipping industry is in a veryprecariousposition.
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Otherwise, they will be in a veryprecariousposition.
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The cinema exhibitors are in aprecariousposition.
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Negative attitudes and discriminatory employment practices are reflected in the fact that many older workers occupy aprecariouspositionin the labour market.
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This often led to aprecariouspositionas the continuation of the organisation's activities depended on one person's volition and oversight.
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Rather, they seek to highlight the variety, complexity, and instability of masculine identities as well as the sometimesprecariouspositionof men.
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This attack on nostalgia and memory combined with the mishandling of his pro-imperial argument leaves him in aprecariousposition.
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This placed shopkeepers in a highlyprecariousposition, especially as most lacked the bookkeeping skills to follow the situation and only kept records in a most perfunctory manner.
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Ironically, the fruits of a post-war first-world nation - increased parental education, material affluence, and a liberalisation of educational practices - have placed teachers in aprecariousposition.
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Ironically, the fruits of a postwar firstworld nation - increased parental education, material affluence, and a liberalization of educational practices - have placed teachers in aprecariousposition.
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It is essential that all moderates should realise theprecariouspositionin which we find ourselves.
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