speculative
pronunciation
How to pronounce speculative in British English:
UK [ˈspekjələtɪv]
How to pronounce speculative in American English:
US [ˈspɛkjulətɪv, -ˌle-]
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- Adjective:
- not financially safe or secure
- not based on fact or investigation
- showing curiosity
Word Origin
- speculative (adj.)
- late 14c., "contemplative," also "purely scientific, in theory only" (opposed to practical), from Old French speculatif "worth great attention; theoretical," or directly from Late Latin speculativus, from past participle stem of speculari (see speculation). Meaning "given to (financial) speculation" is from 1763. Related: Speculatively.
Example
- 1. Essentially , they became like hedge funds -- big speculative , risk-taking machines .
- 2. But china 's imports are mostly for speculative inventories .
- 3. Why would anyone chase one ponzi scheme after another when there were other avenues of investment that were not so speculative ?
- 4. Venture capital transmogrified into speculative fever .
- 5. Those will attract speculative inflows .