risky
pronunciation
How to pronounce risky in British English:
UK [ˈrɪski]
How to pronounce risky in American English:
US [ˈrɪski]
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- Adjective:
- involving risk or danger
- not financially safe or secure
Word Origin
- risky (adj.)
- 1825, from risk (n.) + -y (2). Riskful in same sense is from 1793. Related: Riskiness.
Synonym
dicey fire playing untrustworthy hairy frightening unreliable chancy perilous on treading menacing minatory deceptive questionable gamble uncertain adventurous shaky ticklish touch-and-go dubious venturous hazardous dangerous wih venturesome inauspicious thin unsound insecure threatening fraught unsafe ice minacious with treacherous precarious danger critical limb a adventuresome out
Example
- 1. A journey that long would be risky .
- 2. Joining mr. soros 's fund was a risky choice .
- 3. But challenging the government is stilll a risky business .
- 4. The chinese foreign ministry rejected those accusations , and the party newspaper warned google against playing a risky political game .
- 5. Oestrogen alone is not so risky .