noun
1. extreme dangerousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑precarious
• Hypernyms: ↑dangerousness
2. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
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the uncertainty of the outcome
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the precariousness of his income
• Syn: ↑uncertainty, ↑uncertainness
• Ant: ↑certainty (for: ↑uncertainty)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑precarious, ↑uncertain (for: ↑uncertainness)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.