Hypertext Webster Gateway: "risky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Risky \Risk"y\, a.
Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. ``A risky matter.''
--W. Collins.
Generalization are always risky. --Lowell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
risky
adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport";
"extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a
venturesome journey in wintertime"; "a venturous
enterprise" [syn: {hazardous}, {venturesome}, {venturous}]
2: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business
enterprises" [syn: {bad}, {insecure}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
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