risky Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
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adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
WordNet
Risk"y adjective
Definitions
Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter." W. Collins.Generalization are always risky. Lowell.