Synonym: abrupt, hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, sharp. Similar words: precipitously, precipitate, precipitation, acid precipitation, precipice, serendipitous, recipient, precious. Meaning: [prɪ'sɪpɪtəs] 
adj. 1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation 2. characterized by precipices 3. extremely steep.
adj. 1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation 2. characterized by precipices 3. extremely steep. 
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1. A precipitous path led down the cliff.
2. The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors.
3. From a precipitous height we looked at the town spread out below.
4. The precipitous nature of the slide is also noteworthy.
5. More telling are the precipitous cost increases at state universities, which account for four out of every five college diplomas.
6. The top graph on page 160 shows the precipitous decline in the number of people involved in awareness-driven initiatives.
7. Much of the precipitous decline in return on equity was due to a rise in labor costs over those years.
8. The precipitous discharge of some young children, I think, was avoided.
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9. Further round soared the precipitous south west rockface of Baruntse, flanked by its satellite range of peaks.
10. Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.
11. Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this?
12. We have a precipitous climb to the peak.
13. A precipitous path led down the mountainside.
14. Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.
15. A precipitous path led the cliff.
16. But even Chinese executions have seen a precipitous fall.
17. Hoary Mount Tai looked more precipitous.
18. Precipitous peak height, halfway up the mountain, the cave in front of building 3.
19. If, however, the party's efforts result in a precipitous drop in real estate values, multinational corporations whose revenue and earnings growth are tied to China could be hard hit. And the U.
20. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
21. Over the past 18 months, there has been a precipitous fall in car sales.
22. There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.
23. A blast of warm foetid air rose up from the precipitous staircase to greet us.
24. A few hundred steps down a gorge, then up the precipitous rock wall.
25. The Tellsplatte lies at the base of the Axenberg mount, part of the precipitous east face of the Urner See.
26. If a bear suddenly appears, the goats head for precipitous ledges where the less agile predator can not follow.
27. This wonderful diverse stretch of woodland clings tenaciously to the almost precipitous sides of the gorge.
28. Calvin Welch of the Council for Community Housing said aid for housing low-and middle-income people is in precipitous decline.
29. The most alarming statistic was the state of the game before the advent of this precipitous decline.
30. The meeting, which seemed about to degenerate into physical violence, was brought to a precipitous end.
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