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RISKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does riskiness mean?
• RISKINESS (noun)
The noun RISKINESS has 1 sense:
1. a state of danger involving risk
Familiarity information: RISKINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of danger involving risk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
peril; riskiness
Hypernyms ("riskiness" is a kind of...):
danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "riskiness"):
speculativeness (financial risk)
Derivation:
risky (involving risk or danger)
risky (not financially safe or secure)
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