VERB + PRECIPITOUS
top
PRECIPITOUS + NOUN
cliff, mountain
PREP.
out
ADV.
overly
adj
Steep, like a precipice
a precipitous cliff
a precipitous mountain
Headlong
a precipitous fall
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
precipitous attempts
[…]humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
adjective — extremely steep
adjective — done with very great haste and without due deliberation
a precipitous decline
Your actions may be overly precipitous.
On the top of the precipitous shore, looking out to sea, was a large castle.