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riskiness

riskiness

1 4.5
How likely something is to cause harm or loss
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪskɪnəs/
translation icon : riesgo
  • Increase in the payoff in the task appeared to promote riskiness in the younger subjects and conservatism in the older ones.
  • perceived riskiness
  • riskiness of substance
  • riskiness of using

But if you stop, then it still generates some money for you and riskiness.

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Examples

  • What determines the yield is the riskiness of that yield and the marketplace.

  • Depending on the riskiness of the email, there may be a need to have separate IP addresses.

    Blog text (16)

  • Traditional financial models expect yield to rise with the riskiness of an investment.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I'm starting to have fun with the riskiness of it.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The scale and riskiness of these projects speaks to the scale of Saudi Arabia's challenge.

  • The results suggest that conventional bond investors react more aggressively to adverse changes in the perceived riskiness of markets.

    Academic text (2012)

  • All of the studies mentioned so far have been concerned with susceptibility to danger in the environment itself: but it may also be possible to examine sex differences in riskiness in a more controlled fashion by conducting experimental research.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The behavioral barriers are as follows: attitudes towards energy efficiency, perceived riskiness of energy-efficiency investments, information gaps, and misplaced incentives.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There is a paucity of research exploring factors that may be associated with children's perceptions of the riskiness of substance use, and even less of this research has focused on Hispanic immigrant and U.S.-born Hispanic children.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Investors often assess the riskiness of a new venture before committing their funds.

Synonyms

risk
vsriskiness
∞ 1.9

A chance that something bad may happen

describes the quality of being likely to cause loss rather than the simple chance of harm
danger
vsriskiness
∞ 1.0

A chance that people or things will be harmed

is about the general tendency toward loss rather than the source or moment of harm
dangerousness
vsriskiness
2 6.1

The chance that something will harm people or property

is the broader state of being likely to bring about loss rather than solely causing harm
precariousness
vsriskiness
1 8.1

Being unstable and at risk of loss or harm

focuses on the tendency toward loss rather than on instability itself
perilousness
vsriskiness
1 8.9

The state of being very dangerous and likely to cause harm

indicates a general tendency toward loss without insisting on extreme danger
unsafety
vsriskiness
1 7.4

A situation where people or things can be hurt

refers to the quality of being likely to cause loss rather than mere exposure
chanciness
vsriskiness
7.5

Being uncertain and based on luck

is about the general likelihood of loss rather than luck dependence
hazardousness
vsriskiness
7.4

A situation likely to cause harm or injury

expresses the general quality of being likely to cause loss rather than specific harm

Antonyms

safety
∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

security
408 2.4

The feeling of being safe from danger or threat

How Risky

peril
112 5.7
danger
∞ 1.0
riskiness
1 4.5
safety
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

riskiness singular
riskinesses plural

Morphology

riskiness = risky (transparent) = risk + y + ness

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'risky', yielding the quality of being risky.

Etymology

Riskiness comes from the short word risk, which entered English from an old Italian word that meant 'danger' or 'to dare'. So riskiness is the quality of being likely to cause 'harm' or 'loss'.