riskyadjective
uk/ˈrɪs.ki/us/ˈrɪs.ki/B2 involving the possibility of something bad happening:
It's risky to buy a car without some good advice.
We shouldn't go there. It's too risky.
Teenagers often engage in risky behaviour.
risky investments
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- The surgeon felt that the operation was too risky.
- Many investors blamed the government for not warning them against risky investments.
- He made huge profits on a number of very risky investments.
- The general decided it was too risky to proceed any further.
- The therapy can be risky in certain conditions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- treacherous
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riskily
adverb uk/ˈrɪs.kəl.i/us/ˈrɪs.kəl.i/