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–adjective, risk·i·er, risk·i·est.

attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.

[Origin: 1820–30; risk + -y¹

]

—Related forms

risk·i·ly, adverb

risk·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms dangerous, perilous.

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adj. risk·i·er, risk·i·est
Accompanied by or involving risk or danger; hazardous: "Anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky" (Dorothy Canfield Fisher).

risk'i·ness n.

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risky
adjective
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]
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]

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ˈrisky adverb

possibly causing or bringing loss, injury etc
Example: Motor-racing is a risky business.

Arabic:	مُجازِف، مُخاطِر
Chinese (Simplified):	冒险地
Chinese (Traditional):	冒險地
Czech:	riskantní
Danish:	risikabel
Dutch:	riskant
Estonian:	riskantne
Finnish:	epävarma
French:	risqué
German:	riskant
Greek:	επικίνδυνος, ριψοκίνδυνος
Hungarian:	kockázatos
Icelandic:	áhættusamur
Indonesian:	penuh risiko

Italian:	rischioso
Japanese:	危険な
Latvian:	riskants
Lithuanian:	rizikingas
Polish:	ryzykowny
Portuguese (Portugal):	arriscado
Romanian:	riscant
Russian:	рискованный
Slovak:	riskantný
Slovenian:	tvegan
Spanish:	arriesgado
Swedish:	riskabel
Turkish:	riskli, rizikolu, tehlikeli