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hazardous

/ˈhæ.zɚ.dɪs/

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What does hazardous mean?

adjective

  1. Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (rare) Of or involving chance.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhæ.zɚ.dɪs/

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Then he could get no assistance from the big aeroplane firms, who sought to dissuade him from his hazardous undertaking.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
We went, as usual, to our several fields of labor, but with bosoms highly agitated with thoughts of our truly hazardous undertaking.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
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It is hazardous to play poker with them, but their ingenuity adds a peculiar excitement to the best game in the world.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
To portray these would be the work of a poet, and it is hazardous for any but a poet to attempt it.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
In the hands of careful, quick-witted, nervy men the sailing of an airship should be no more hazardous than the sailing of a yacht.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907