precarious
/prɪˈkɛːrɪəs/
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American sound/prɪˈkɛːrɪəs/
prɪˈkɛːrɪəs
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prɪ - ˈkɛːrɪəs -> precarious
Myanmar meaning
မသေချာသော။ ကံအားလျော်စွာ ဖြစ်ပျက်မှုအပေါ် တည်မှီသော။ ဘေးမကင်းသော။ အန္တရာယ်များသော။
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precarious /prÇ'keǝriǝs/ adj
၁။ တဲတဲမျှသာ ရှိသော။ ပြုတ်ကျ လုဘနန်း ဖြစ်သော။ He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.
၂။ မရေမရာလှသော။ She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.
❏ precariously adv ပြုတ်လုတဲကာ။ မရေမရာ။ perch/ balance precariously on top of sth ❍ live on a precariously small income. precariousness n [U]
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shaky, unstable, insecure, uncertain, wobbly, unsafe, unsteady, ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey, doubtful, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy, hanging by a thread, hazardous, iffy, impugnable, indecisive, indefensible, loaded, on the spot, on thin ice, open, out on a limb, out on limb, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, rugged, sensitive, slippery, ticklish, touch and go, touchy, tricky, unhealthy, unjustifiable, unjustified, unreliable, unsettled, unsure, unwarrantable, unwarranted, up a tree
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