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risky adjective [ ˈrɪski ]

• full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss.
• "it was much too risky to try to disarm him"
Similar: dangerous, fraught with danger, high-risk, hazardous, perilous, unsafe, insecure, exposed, defenceless, precarious, touch-and-go, tricky, treacherous, uncertain, unpredictable, speculative, chancy, dicey, sticky, hairy, dodgy, gnarly, parlous,
Opposite: safe,
• risqué.
• "their risky patter made the guests laugh"


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