Definition: 1. Involving risk or danger. 2. Not financially safe or secure.
Use 'risky' in a sentence:
1. Certainly it distinguished them from their ancestors, but what gave them the courage to launch out on such risky voyages?
2. Predicting the future is always risky.
3. Finally some people say it is too risky to implement complicated voting technology nationwide.
4. It can be a dangerous course of action which might be sound in theory but — ahem — perhaps a trifle risky in practice.
5. "Don't do anything yet," he warned. "Too risky."
6. It's very risky.
7. Their risky behaviors--drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school--can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.
8. It's risky to assume that we know what voters will be thinking in a year's time.
9. It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.
10. Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.
11. By contrast, because sedimentation is much less continuous in continental regions, estimating the age of a continental bed from the known ages of beds above and below is more risky.
12. This shows that teens may find it more difficult to control risky behavior when their friends are around, or in situations where they are extremely angry.
13. They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing.
14. In Germany, being on time is risky enough because your hosts will probably already be there waiting, wondering how on earth you could be so stupid.
15. My parents were relieved that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done such a risky thing.
16. According to Barabasi, it's easier and less risky for those in positions of power to choose to hand awards and funding to those who've already been so recognized.
17. As the situation became risky, the guy turned tail and fled.
18. It's far too risky to generalize from one set of results.
19. 'Don't do anything yet,' he warned. 'Too risky.'
20. Older adolescents scored about 50 percent higher on an index of risky driving when their peers were in the room — and the driving of early adolescents was fully twice as reckless when other young teens were around.
21. Why do people enjoy risky activities like these?
22. He was known for risky tactics that ranged from audacious to outrageous.
23. At times of trouble, they will retreat from risky assets such as hedge funds and into cash and government bonds.
24. She calculated that going to a stranger's house was a risky move, but she decided to take the chance.
25. He staked all his money on the risky business.
26. It's a risky and labour-intensive business to try to earn a living from these waters.
27. The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.
28. Investing in airlines is a very risky business.
29. Some people believe that it is too risky to implement complicated voting technology nationwide.
30. What they do is they save their best performances, their most conspicuous and most risky displays for the time just before the baby birds become able to take care of themselves.
31. Higher pushchairs are more risky for kids.
32. It is risky if they are let out online.
33. With markets lately rising, the riskiest investments are finding takers.
34. and "I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky."
35. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way.
36. Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory.
37. Those who were highest in status in high school, as well as those least liked in elementary school, are "most likely to engage in dangerous and risky behavior ．"
38. It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.
39. The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
40. The system of patent-granting, which confers temporary monopolies for the exploitation of new technologies, was originally established as an incentive to the pursuit of risky new ideas.
41. After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world's largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.
42. The problem with that: RIM's business is getting riskier every quarter.
43. Getting input from others not only omrs a fresh perspective and thought process, it often also includes riskier choices.
44. Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
45. People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences.
46. There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.
47. Heavy reliance on one client is risky when you are building up a business.
48. Buying a second-hand car can be a risky business.
49. Life as an aid worker can be a risky business.
50. It was wrong to venture his financial security on such a risky deal.
