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Risky

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

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Dangerous 84% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Dangerous 84% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Unsound 84% connected

Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unsound 84% connected

Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Danger 74% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Danger 74% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peril 74% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peril 74% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Bad 92% connected

Bade.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hazardous 92% connected

Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Speculative 92% connected

Given to speculation; contemplative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wild 92% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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