Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Risky \Risk"y\, a.
Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. ``A risky matter.''
--W. Collins.
Generalization are always risky. --Lowell.
Source : WordNet®
risky
adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport";
"extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a
venturesome journey in wintertime"; "a venturous
enterprise" [syn: {hazardous}, {venturesome}, {venturous}]
2: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business
enterprises" [syn: {bad}, {insecure}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
[also: {riskiest}, {riskier}]