risky
/'risku/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Involving the possibility of danger, harm, or loss: Describes a situation, action, or decision that has a significant chance of resulting in an undesirable or negative outcome.
- Financially unsound or speculative: Describes a business venture or investment that is not secure and has a high chance of losing money.
Examples of Usage
- General Context (Danger/Harm):
- Driving without a seatbelt is a risky behavior.
- The climbers decided the path was too risky and turned back.
- Financial/Business Context:
- Investing all your savings in a single startup is a risky strategy.
- The bank considered the loan application too risky to approve.
Advanced Usage
- "to be on the risky side": to be somewhat or slightly risky.
- The surgeon said the procedure was on the risky side due to the patient's age.
- Calculated Risk: A risky action taken after careful consideration of the probable outcomes.
- Expanding into a new market is a calculated risk we are willing to take.
Variants and Related Words
- Risk (n): The possibility of something bad happening.
- There is a high risk of injury.
- Risk (v): To expose someone or something to danger or loss.
- He risked his life to save the child.
- Riskily (adv): In a risky manner.
- He invested his money riskily.
- Riskiness (n): The quality of being risky.
- The riskiness of the plan made everyone nervous.
Synonyms
- Dangerous: Likely to cause harm or injury.
- Hazardous: Involving risk, especially to health or safety.
- Perilous: Full of serious risk or danger.
- Speculative (financial context): Involving high financial risk.
Antonyms
- Safe: Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk.
- Secure: Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost; financially sound.
- Certain: Known for sure; established beyond doubt.
Related Phrases
- Risk one's neck: To do something very dangerous.
- He risked his neck to get that photograph.
- At one's own risk: Accepting responsibility for any harm or damage that might occur.
- You can leave your bicycle here, but it's at your own risk.
Adjective
- not financially safe or secure
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- involving risk or danger
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme