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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. involving risk or danger;
- Example: "skydiving is a hazardous sport"
- Example: "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"
- Example: "a wild financial scheme"
[syn: hazardous, risky, wild]

2. not financially safe or secure;
- Example: "a bad investment"
- Example: "high risk investments"
- Example: "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"
- Example: "speculative business enterprises"
[syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Risky \Risk"y\, a.
   Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter."
   --W. Collins.
   [1913 Webster]

         Generalization are always risky.         --Lowell.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

risky
    adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous
           sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog";
           "a wild financial scheme" [syn: hazardous, risky,
           wild]
    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, risky, high-risk, speculative]