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risk-loadedcontaining or involving many risks; having a high level of potential danger or uncertainty

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: containing or involving many risks; having a high level of potential danger or uncertainty

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈrɪsk ˌloʊdɪd/

Example Sentences

  • His business plan was so risk-loaded that even his own mother wouldn't invest in it.
  • The startup's risk-loaded approach paid off when they revolutionized the industry.
  • She avoided risk-loaded financial products after losing money in cryptocurrency.

risk-loaded

ADJECTIVE

[/ˈrɪsk ˌloʊdɪd/]

containing or involving many risks; having a high level of potential danger or uncertainty

a construction worker carefully steps between loose power cables while balancing a heavy beam overhead. Sparks fly from exposed electrical wires nearby as a crane swings dangerously close. The unstable scaffolding creaks visibly with missing safety rails and loose bolts. Other workers in the background point urgently at multiple hazards happening simultaneously.  a situation containing many risks with high levels of potential danger
💡 Concept

a construction worker carefully steps between loose power cables while balancing a heavy beam overhead. Sparks fly from exposed electrical wires nearby as a crane swings dangerously close. The unstable scaffolding creaks visibly with missing safety rails and loose bolts. Other workers in the background point urgently at multiple hazards happening simultaneously. a situation containing many risks with high levels of potential danger

Risk-loaded warnings corroded, until everything exploded!
🎵 Rhyme

Risk-loaded warnings corroded, until everything exploded!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈrɪsk ˌloʊdɪd/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈrɪsk ˌləʊdɪd/

🌳Etymology

Rootrisk
Suffix--loaded

🎵Rhyme

explodedcorrodedencoded
exploded
corroded
encoded

🔗Collocations

risk-loaded investment
risk-loaded decision
heavily risk-loaded
risk-loaded portfolio
risk-loaded strategy

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

His business plan was so risk-loaded that even his own mother wouldn't invest in it.

The startup's risk-loaded approach paid off when they revolutionized the industry.

She avoided risk-loaded financial products after losing money in cryptocurrency.

😄 Fun example

The CEO's risk-loaded decisions made shareholders nervous enough to bite their nails.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

high-riskdangeroushazardousriskyperilous

Antonyms

safesecurelow-risk

Related

volatileuncertainprecariousspeculative

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