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risk-free

risk-free

9 3.5
Completely safe and not likely to cause loss
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɪsk-friː/
: sin riesgo
  • The social interaction enabled the students to express their ideas in a risk-free environment.
  • risk-free rate
  • risk-free environment
  • risk-free interest

Like it's not a risk free procedure.

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Examples

  • Since the U.S. government is seen as a risk-free borrower, investors use the 10-year Treasury.

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  • This investment is risk-free, ensuring your principal amount is secure.

  • It's totally risk free with free shipping and free returns.

  • There's no contracts and you can try it risk free for seven days.

  • Increased opportunities to write in a risk-free environment increase self-esteem.

    Academic text (1999)
  • While no trip can ever be guaranteed as risk-free, awareness of issues and careful planning facilitate safer travel.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The online course offers a risk-free trial to help you decide if you want to enroll.

  • They promised a risk-free way to test the product before making a purchase.

Synonyms

safe
vsrisk-free
  • US
457 2.0

Not likely to cause a loss of money

asserts total absence of any risk rather than probable safety
secure
vsrisk-free
  • Specialized
31 4.7

A safe place for money that is unlikely to lose value

applies more broadly beyond finances and claims no possibility of loss
fail-safe
vsrisk-free
  • Specialized
3 5.6

Designed to work safely if something goes wrong

states no risk or chance of loss rather than a design safeguard
riskless
vsrisk-free
1 4.6

Without any chance of harm or loss

means exactly the same and states total absence of danger
unhazardous
vsrisk-free
3.1

Not likely to cause danger or harm

is stronger and claims total absence of danger or loss chance

Antonyms

∞ 1.5

Likely to cause harm or injury

269 3.6

Likely to cause loss, harm, or danger

How Safe

risk-free
9 3.5
safe
∞ 1.0
risky
269 3.6
dangerous
∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

risk-free positive

Morphology

risk-free = risk + free (transparent) = risk + free

The adjective is a direct compound 'risk' + 'free' meaning 'free from risk', which is readily inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Risk-free breaks into risk, which means 'a chance of loss or danger', and free, which means 'without', so risk-free means 'without risk' or completely safe.