Precarious vs Unsettled - What's the difference?

Precarious is a synonym of unsettled.

As adjectives the difference between precarious and unsettled

is that precarious is (comparable) dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous or precarious can be (dentistry) relating to incipient caries while unsettled is disturbed, upset.

As a verb unsettled is

(unsettle).

precarious

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , and Spanish and Italian precario.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

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(legal) Depending on the intention of another.

Synonyms

* (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) unsteady, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

Usage notes

* Because the (term) element of (term) derives from prex and not the preposition prae, this term cannot — etymologically speaking — be written as *.

Quotations

* 1906 , (Jack London), , part I, ch III, *: Never had he been so fond of this body of his as now when his tenure of it was so precarious .

Derived terms

* precariously * precariousness * precariat * precarisation, precarization * precarity

External links

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Etymology 2

pre-'' + ''carious

Adjective

(-)

(dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.

unsettled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Disturbed, upset.

:I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.

Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.

Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.

Unpaid.

:We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .

Verb

(head)

(unsettle)