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hazardous

/ˈhæzəɹdəs/adjective

Depending on luck or chance; involving risk.

Example sentence

  • Investing all your savings in one company is a hazardous move.

The everyday sense is simply dangerous, and it clusters in official language: hazardous materials, hazardous waste, hazardous conditions. The luck sense is the word's older root, from games of chance.

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