risky

From risk +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪski/

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• Rhymes: -ɪski

risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)

1. Dangerous, involving risks.

   Synonyms: risksome, chancy

   Antonyms: riskless, risk-free, riskproof, unrisky, nonrisky, safe, secure

   Hyponym: ultrarisky (high degree)

   Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

   Jumping on the train from the bridge to catch the terrorist was a highly risky operation.

2. Misspelling of risqué.
   • 1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:

     Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?

   • 2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

     That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.

   • 2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN:

     Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.

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