risky
adj/ˈɹɪski/
Etymology From risk + -y.
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Dangerous; involving risks.
- Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, daredevil
- Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
1 more example
- Jumping on the train from the bridge to catch the terrorist was a highly risky operation.
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Obsolete Risqué.
- Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:
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Misspelling Misspelling of risqué.
- That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
- Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- nonrisky, riskily, riskiness, ultrarisky, unrisky