speculative
Americanadjective
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pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning.
a speculative approach.
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theoretical, rather than practical.
speculative conclusions.
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given to speculation, as persons, the mind, etc.
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of the nature of or involving commercial or financial speculation.
speculative ventures.
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engaging in or given to such speculation.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- antispeculative adjective
- antispeculatively adverb
- antispeculativeness noun
- hyperspeculative adjective
- hyperspeculatively adverb
- hyperspeculativeness noun
- nonspeculative adjective
- nonspeculatively adverb
- nonspeculativeness noun
- overspeculative adjective
- overspeculatively adverb
- overspeculativeness noun
- semispeculative adjective
- semispeculatively adverb
- semispeculativeness noun
- speculatively adverb
- speculativeness noun
- unspeculative adjective
Etymology
Origin of speculative
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word speculātīvus. See speculate, -ive
Example Sentences
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That said, they acknowledge that it’s often not possible to infer whether any option position taken is speculative or hedging related, and of course, for every buyer of an option, there is a seller.
From MarketWatch
The move has flushed out speculative positioning and brought prices back to levels seen about two weeks ago—still up 13% in January, the Asia head of macro strategy says.
And one thing we’ve learned about commodity markets is that it doesn’t take much speculative money to make them go parabolic.
A key factor will be whether enough market froth has been removed—and enough speculative positions washed out—to put fundamentals back in the driver’s seat.
If rates stay elevated in name but accommodative in practice, quality companies that raise dividends annually will beat speculative growth stories.
From MarketWatch
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