risky

CEFRB2

/ˈɹɪski/

adjective

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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It is risky for you to go into that area alone.
Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
Jumping on the train from the bridge to catch the terrorist was a highly risky operation.

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Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?
1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157
That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.
2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN
Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.
2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN

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From risk + -y.