losing hazard

an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.

something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city.

the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty: There is an element of hazard in the execution of the most painstaking plans.

Golf. a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle.

the uncertainty of the result in throwing a die.

to offer (a statement, conjecture, etc.) with the possibility of facing criticism, disapproval, failure, or the like; venture: He hazarded a guess, with trepidation, as to her motives in writing the article.

to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk: In making the investment, he hazarded all his savings.

to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.): Thieves hazard arrest.

to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue): to hazard a dangerous encounter.