Adjective
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not secure
beset with difficulties
"a shaky marriage"
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fraught with danger
"dangerous waters"
"a parlous journey on stormy seas"
"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
"the precarious life of an undersea diver"
"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
- touch and go -
affording no ease or reassurance
"a precarious truce"