ticking bomb
time bomb
hot water
chopping block
tinderbox
lion in the way
razor's edge
hornets' nest
hornet's nest
Achilles heel
precipice
minefield
on thin ice
trouble
roll of the dice
hazarded
boned
tough sledding
dicey
underminable
unsafety
hostage
gnarly
then and in that event
make the cheese more binding
stymie
make one's bed and lie in it
stymy
resistant
circumstantially
risky
hazardous
wild
gotcha
bugaboo
mire
have the wolf by the ear
at a pinch
catastrophically
in a pinch
at stake
peril
orgulous
riskily
baby
unsafeness
Pandora's box
on the hook
doom
hard put
rine
goof up
chance
imprudence
disavail
disruptionism
onus
candle in the wind
hot stove
incumbrance
load
have a finger in
hang by a thread
burden
encumbrance
chancy
clutch
unmess
imperil
dig a hole for oneself
menaced
threatening
duress
hitch
booby trap
desperate
dire
emergency
precarious
raise the spectre
in danger
perilous
preventive
parlous
interference
hinderance
touch-and-go
wing and prayer
hindrance
preventative
underdeterrent
subject
susceptible

English words for 'a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed'

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