risky. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

risky

SYLLABICATION:	risk·y
PRONUNCIATION:	rsk
ADJECTIVE:	Inflected forms: 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).
OTHER FORMS:	riski·ness —NOUN


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