risky

  • 41risky — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adventitious, adventurous, aleatory, blue, broad, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, destinal, desultory, dicey, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, full of risk, hairy,… …

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  • 42risky — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. perilous, precarious, hazardous; see dangerous 1 , endangered , unsafe . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dangerous, hazardous, threatening, perilous, uncertain, chancy, a gamble, dicey, *treading on thin ice, *hairy,… …

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  • 43risky — risk·y || rɪskɪ adj. dangerous, hazardous, perilous …

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  • 44risky — adjective (riskier, riskiest) 1》 involving risk. 2》 risqué. Derivatives riskily adverb riskiness noun …

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  • 45risky — adj perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger, chancy, Sl. dicey, touch and go, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous; venturesome, venturous, adventuresome, adventurous, daring, bold, foolhardy, daredevil; treacherous, deceptive, unreliable,… …

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  • 46risky — adjective Syn: dangerous, hazardous, perilous, unsafe, insecure, precarious, touch and go, treacherous, uncertain, unpredictable; informal dicey; N.Amer.; informal gnarly …

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  • 47risky — [ˈrɪski] adj involving the possibility of danger, harm, or failure …

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  • 48risky — risk•y [[t]ˈrɪs ki[/t]] adj. risk•i•er, risk•i•est attended with or involving risk; hazardous • Etymology: 1820–30 risk′i•ly, adv. risk′i•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 49risky — adj. (riskier, riskiest) 1 involving risk. 2 = RISQUEacute. Derivatives: riskily adv. riskiness n …

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  • 50Risky asset — An asset whose future return is uncertain. The New York Times Financial Glossary …

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