hazardous
full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
dependent on chance.
Origin of hazardous
1Other words for hazardous
Opposites for hazardous
Other words from hazardous
- haz·ard·ous·ly, adverb
- haz·ard·ous·ness, noun
- non·haz·ard·ous, adjective
- non·haz·ard·ous·ly, adverb
- non·haz·ard·ous·ness, noun
- ul·tra·haz·ard·ous, adjective
- un·haz·ard·ous, adjective
- un·haz·ard·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use hazardous in a sentence
Only a small amount of sleet or freezing rain causes slick, hazardous roads and walkways.
D.C.-area forecast: Raw today. Iciness threat grows Saturday into early Sunday. | A. Camden Walker | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostEven if the ice is lighter, it could still be very slippery and hazardous.
D.C.-area forecast: Snow and wintry mix taper off this morning, while ice concerns mount for Saturday | David Streit | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe cross-border sewage spills routinely led to beach closures and exposed people to hazardous materials.
The approvals, which are allowed under the department’s administrative rules, are designed to mitigate hazardous situations during an emergency.
Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing. New Legislation Could Help ... if It’s Enforced. | by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser | February 7, 2021 | ProPublicaAn agency memo reported that he was recruited in 1961 and captained a six-person crew on “hazardous missions to accomplish exfiltrations” from Cuba.
Eugenio Martinez, Watergate burglar pardoned by Reagan, dies at 98 | Harrison Smith | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
A yellow hazardous material bin placed out on the lawn, just beyond some red tape reading “Danger Do Not Enter,” left no doubt.
Refinery management had normalized the occurrences of hazardous conditions.
They say the port handles hazardous materials 365 days a year.
Syria’s Chemical Weapons Arrive in Notorious Mafia Port | Barbie Latza Nadeau, Christopher Dickey | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWarning: NSFW in places where facial spasms and eye moistness could be hazardous.
I drove from supposedly hazardous, urban Kansas City to the pretty, purported safety of suburban Overland Park.
Frazier Glenn Miller Would Kill Every Jew Like Me | Hampton Stevens | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Jaguar cleverly profited by his advantages to attempt the most hazardous enterprises and the most daring strokes.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardI owed it to myself to make it; who knows whether you may not repent to-morrow the hazardous step you are taking to-day?
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardEven then the savages had the advantage of an excellent position, and to press them was extremely hazardous business.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterLandy says that a rough, hazardous trail just back of our house leads directly to the near corner of the property.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyThe run across the honey-combed plain was hazardous—even to Indian ponies—and three went down kicking, one after the other.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for hazardous
/ (ˈhæzədəs) /
involving great risk
depending on chance
Derived forms of hazardous
- hazardously, adverb
- hazardousness, noun
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