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Parlous
Parlous meaning
Attended with peril; dangerous, risky. | Appalling, dire, terrible. | Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.
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Example sentences (13)
Medics and unions have blamed the cuts for leaving the NHS in a “parlous state” before the pandemic hit.
She fell asleep during the penning of the owl tattoo - it was a five-hour job, filmed live by Dan Rossetter at the A Star Tattoos parlous in Chessington in March.
In truth, the situation might have been even more parlous for Glen, who were indebted to ‘keeper Connlan Bradley to deny Ben O’Carroll a breakaway goal on 13 minutes.
RA will be understandably cautious after the hasty appointment of Eddie Jones, particularly given the game’s parlous financial state.
The naturalist and TV presenter said the omission was “scary” given the “parlous state” of the UK’s lakes, rivers and seas as he addressed demonstrators in London on Sunday.
In a minority report, opposition MPs noted that Community Chef, funded by both the State Government and City of Greater Dandenong, was in “parlous” financial shape.
That they cannot be passed over is a measure of the parlous position England is now in (the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all taking a more cautious approach, although some easing of rules is also taking place).
Part / much of the desperation is due to the parlous state of the economy.
That, it is claimed, is the parlous state of the German Army under the tenure of the country’s Defence Minister and now President of the European Commission.
The “parlous state” of public finances also remains a challenge, he said, adding that miners must work with the government to tackle unresolved issues in the nation’s Mining Charter, which seeks to address inequalities resulting from apartheid.
During the brief commissioning ceremony, the chairman revealed how the residents of the area had complained to him about the parlous state of the road and his promise to fix it.
Because Nigeria's railways are in a parlous condition, the government is trying to rectify the situation by privatizing the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
The parlous state of the Docklands property market at the time of the blast, combined with a lengthy delay in implementing redevelopment, means a true estimate of the financial cost is difficult to reach.