hazardous

English

Etymology

From Middle French hasardeux.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.zɚ.dɪs/, /-dəs/

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Adjective

hazardous (comparative more hazardous, superlative most hazardous)

1. Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     But out of sight is out of mind. And that […] means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.

2. Of or involving chance.

Antonyms

• non-hazardous, nonhazardous

Derived terms

• hazardously
• hazardous material, hazmat
• potentially hazardous object
• ultrahazardous

Translations

risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard

Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan), опасен (bg) (opasen) Catalan: atzarós (ca) Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏰᎩ (ganayegi) Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), riskipitoinen (fi) French: hasardeux (fr) Middle French: hazardeux German: gefährlich (de), Gefahr- (de), Gefahren- (de) Italian: pericoloso (it), azzardato (it) Latin: perīculōsus (la) Maori: whakawhara Norwegian: Bokmål: farefull Nynorsk: farefull Plautdietsch: roakboa Spanish: peligroso (es)

exposes to loss or evil

Finnish: vaarallinen (fi) Spanish: aventurado (es)

of or involving chance

Finnish: uskalias (fi), sattumanvarainen (fi) Spanish: arriesgado (es)

Trivia

One of four common words ending in -dous, which are hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.^[1]

References

1. The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book, by Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, 1998, p. 229