hazardous
pronunciation
How to pronounce hazardous in British English:
UK [ˈhæzədəs]
How to pronounce hazardous in American English:
US [ˈhæzərdəs]
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- Adjective:
- involving risk or danger
Word Origin
- hazardous (adj.)
- 1580s, "venturesome;" 1610s, "perilous," from hazard (n.) + -ous or from Middle French hasardeux (16c.).
Example
- 1. So we 're flying in an incredibly hazardous environment .
- 2. That makes traditional lighting expensive and environmentally hazardous .
- 3. My other job was less hazardous but more interesting .
- 4. Yet predictions are hazardous , particularly in it .
- 5. Such transfers are potentially hazardous for the people involved and for the environment .