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risk-free

risk-free

9 3.5
Completely safe and not likely to cause loss
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɪsk-friː/
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  • 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.