precarious situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprecariousandsituation
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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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situation
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofprecariousandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are certainly in aprecarioussituationwith the sheer quantity of material that requires attention.
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Theprecarioussituationof the terrain vague as undefined politically and logistically requires and proposes new models of land acquisition, ownership and management.
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Women in the developing world are facing aprecarioussituation.
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That seemed to me a partial compensation in my financiallyprecarioussituation.
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For various technical reasons we happen to be in a much moreprecarioussituationthan any other of the rich industrial nations.
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No bank wants to lend money in thisprecarioussituation, with the result that cane production may be reduced and an allocation of sugar hampered.
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In times of crisis, every economic field is in aprecarioussituation, and airline transport is no exception to that.
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We are at the mercy of international finance because of theprecarioussituationof sterling.
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The fisheries sector in the outermost regions is suffering a structurallyprecarioussituation.
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No one should be pushed to take desperate measures because of theirprecarioussituation.
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The fact is that we have been in a mostprecarioussituation.
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That creates overall an appallinglyprecarioussituationfor three major reasons.
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These refugees were on the verge of starvation, and were a source of unhappiness to themselves, and of danger in a sufficientlyprecarioussituation.
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What must be our immediate priorities in theprecarioussituationwe are now in?
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All the parties involved should take stock of their responsibilities in the light of thisprecarioussituation.
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Thisprecarioussituationcarries with it the danger of a renewed upsurge in populist and nationalist sentiments.
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It is leading us to a mostprecarioussituation.
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Nor can we consider our ownprecarioussituationby itself.
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The situation in which we are to-day is a veryprecarioussituation.
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We cannot be content with theprecarioussituationbeing experienced by an increasing number of our fellow citizens.
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