Also spelled resky

US /ˈɹɪski/
adj Freq #4947

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Involving the chance of something bad happening; dangerous.

    Investing all your savings in one company is very risky.

  2. 2
    adj

    Not financially safe; uncertain to succeed.

    It was a risky investment with no guaranteed return.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · involving the chance of... chancydangeroushazardousperilousunsafe
2 adj · not financially safe;... speculative
Word family
Forms riskierriskiest
Derived forms nonriskyriskilyriskinessultrariskyunrisky
Related forms risk

Etymology

From risk + -y.

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