risky
adj.
dangerous, hazardous, perilous
Risk
For the Parker Brothers board game, see
risk (game)Risk is a
concept that denotes a potential negative impact to an
asset or some characteristic of
value that may arise from some present
process or future
event. In everyday usage, risk is often used synonymously with the
probability of a known loss. Paradoxically, a probable loss can be uncertain and relative in an individual event while having a certainty in the aggregate of multiple events (see risk vs. uncertainty below).
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Risk (disambiguation)
Risk may refer to:
Risk, the variance in expected outcomes, usually in reference to the possibility of negative results
Risk management, mitigation of risk using managerial resources
Risk (game), a strategy board game of world conquest
"Risk" (Asimov), a 1955 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
Risky (album), a studio album by japanese band B'z
Risk (album), a 1999 album by the metal band Megadeth
Risk (Terminaator album), a 2001 album by rock band Terminaator
Risk (Paul Brandt album), a 2007 album by country music singer Paul Brandt
Risk (comics), a DC comics character and member of the Teen Titans
Risk (film), a 2007 Bollywood film directed by Vishram Sawant
RISKS Digest, an online computer security periodical published by the ACM
Risk magazine, a financial magazine covering risk management
Risk technique, a group communication technique that helps to find and mitigate risks of already made decision
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risky
Adjective
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"
(synonym) hazardous, venturesome, venturous
(similar) dangerous, unsafe
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"
(synonym) bad, insecure, high-risk, speculative
(similar) unsound
Risky
(a.)
Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bu2 ru4 hu3 xue4, yan1 de2 hu3 zi3
If you don't enter the tigers' lair, you cannot catch any cubs.
You have to take risks to be able to gain or win. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
危如累卵
wei1 ru2 lei3 luan3
As perilous as piled eggs.
Referring to extremely dangerous situations.
孤注一掷
gu1 zhu4 yi4 zhi1
Staking everything in a single throw.
Describing a last, desperate effort when a situation is most critical.
泥菩萨过河…自身难保
ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 he2... zi4 shen1 nan2 bao3
Carry a Buddha-idol across the river... when it can't even save itself.
It is not wise to trust someone to support you, if he cannot keep himself safe. Alternative form: 泥菩萨过江…自身难保 (ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 jiang1... zi4 shen1 nan2 bao3).