hazardous
[haz-er-duhs]
adjective
full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
dependent on chance.
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hazardous
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hazardous
1580s, "venturesome;" 1610s, "perilous," from hazard (n.) + -ous or from Middle French hasardeux (16c.).
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