2 if a reduction is precipitous, it happens very suddenly and is very big: --
a precipitous decline/drop/fall The company has seen a precipitous decline in advertising revenue.
3 done too quickly without thinking enough about any possible problems: --
a precipitous decision
Although all costs declined over time, the most precipitous decrease was in drug costs in the first week, due to the use of surfactant predominantly in the first few days.
Inherent in these varieties, however, is a common commitment to oppose precipitous change, protect existing economic arrangements, and value community.
A sense of edge and exposure are induced by the bare presence of the ridge at its most precipitous point.
It is largely ice-covered and the northern coastline is indented and generally precipitous, with sharp rocky ridges forming bold headlands between ice cliffs.
Nevertheless, the devolution from "social reform" to "advocacy" may be rather precipitous.
Many of the precipitous sea-cliff sections, which locally rise to 160 m in height, are both inaccessible and hidden from view on land.
Therefore, it is again plausible that consumption takes a precipitous fall when there is a policy switch.
It is demonstrated that centralized wholesaling markets are subject to precipitous collapses induced by real-side production coordination failure.
