What is "risky" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does risky mean in English? Meaning of risky definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "risky" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "risky": involving risk or danger

Adjective

Meaning: involving risk or danger

Example: skydiving is a hazardous sport extremely risky going out in the tide and fog a wild financial scheme

Synonyms: hazardous risky wild

Similar: dangerous unsafe

Meaning of "risky": not financially safe or secure

Adjective

Meaning: not financially safe or secure

Example: a bad investment high risk investments anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky speculative business enterprises

Synonyms: bad high-risk risky speculative

Similar: unsound

Adjective: Dangerous, involving risks. Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

Synonyms:

tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsound, treacherous, hazardous, unsafe, precarious, perilous, sensitive, delicate, speculative, dicey, chancy, endangered, hairy, iffy, insecure, long shot, out on a limb, rocky, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, venturesome, wicked, wide-open, jeopardous, fraught with danger, going for broke, hanging by a thread, not a prayer, off the deep end, on slippery ground, on the spot, on thin ice, playing with fire,

Antonyms:

honest, healthy, stable, harmless, protected, certain, definite, secure, sure, strong, well, safe, insensitive, assured,

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