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risky

 adjective
     
risk‧y
involving a risk that something bad will happen [= dangerous]:
Doctors say it's too risky to try and operate.
Buying a secondhand car is a risky business.
—riskiness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: dangerous WORD FOCUS: dangerous
similar words: hazardous, risky, treacherous, perilous literary

➔ See also dangerous
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