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risky business

NOUN

crapshoot

Synonyms

STRONG

risk

WEAK

iffy proposition shot in the dark spin of the roulette wheel

NOUN

danger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crisis emergency exposure insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility probability risk threat uncertainty vulnerability

STRONG

clouds dynamite endangerment exigency precariousness precipice slipperiness storm venture

WEAK

double trouble hot potato thin ice

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm certainty peace safety security sureness unlikelihood

WEAK

care carefulness guard preservation

NOUN

hazard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accident mishap possibility risk

STRONG

adventure coincidence dynamite fling fluke go misfortune toss-up venture wager

WEAK

hundred-to-one long shot lucky break lucky hit stroke of luck way the ball bounces way the cookie crumbles

Antonyms

STRONG

design plan

WEAK

certainty determination fact proof

NOUN

hazard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

peril risk threat

STRONG

dynamite endangerment jeopardy

WEAK

double trouble hot potato imperilment thin ice

Antonyms

STRONGEST

safety

WEAK

assurance protection safeguard surety

NOUN

imperilment

Synonyms

WEAK

clouds crisis double trouble dynamite emergency endangerment exigency exposure hazard hot potato insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility precariousness precipice probability risk slipperiness storm thin ice threat uncertainty venture vulnerability

NOUN

peril

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hazard insecurity jeopardy menace pitfall uncertainty vulnerability

STRONG

endangerment exposure liability openness

WEAK

cause for alarm double trouble

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certainty protection safety

WEAK

safeness security

NOUN

speculation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plunge

STRONG

backing flier flutter gambling hazard hunch piece shot spec stab venture wager

WEAK

right money risky venture shot in the dark smart money speculative enterprise

Antonyms

STRONG

proof reality

WEAK

abstention fact information truth

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Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Encouraging owners of ghost ships to sell them for scrap would provide some revenue as they exit a decidedly risky business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In fact, it was an expensive and risky business still—as the horrific loss of the Challenger shuttle and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, demonstrated all too vividly.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

But its rich returns are paltry compared with those of MicroStrategy, a company dedicated to a risky business: buying Bitcoin with money provided by you and other shareholders.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

Even today, with Eurasian crops and with trucks and railroads to transport produce, food production in Australia remains a risky business.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

risky business

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