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risky

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risk⋅y

  [ris-kee]
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–adjective, risk⋅i⋅er, risk⋅i⋅est.
attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
Origin:
1820–30; risk + -y 1

Related forms:
risk⋅i⋅ly, adverb
risk⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
dangerous, perilous.
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risk·y   (rĭs'kē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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