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What is the adjective for risky?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb risk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

riskfree
  1. (especially in finance) Free from risk; safe.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The riskfree investment promised high returns without any potential losses.”
      “Risk is both a friend and a foe in our efforts to generate returns above the riskfree RRB rate.”
      “These data enable them to plan distances and routes and to choose the appropriate riskfree type of electric goods vehicle.”
riskless
  1. Free of risk; safe.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Such a situation would guarantee unlimited and riskless profits for all those holding gold and silver.”
      “You can't get any return on riskless securities, so the government is incenting you to go out and buy stocks.”
      “Money traditionally is both a riskless, liquid asset and a medium of exchange.”
risky
  1. Dangerous, involving risks.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In today's overheated financial markets, euphoric investors are once again happily financing risky ventures.”
      “It was not exactly a risky position, my only danger was being mashed by fellow rafters as they banked right, or so I believed.”
      “But sometimes puppies get into mischief that's more risky than amusing, and this adventuresome spirit can spell danger.”
riskful
  1. (archaic) risky
riskier
  1. comparative form of risky: more risky
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To change his image, he started taking riskier film roles, like Cole, the promiscuous bed-hopper.”
      “Radical, sweeping changes are riskier but often more effective, because they quickly yield benefits visible to everyone.”
      “This is a little riskier, but ten years should be long enough for any stock market wrinkles to be ironed out.”
riskiest
  1. superlative form of risky: most risky
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  3. Examples:
    1. “You see, it had bought the riskiest bonds everywhere, believing that such diversification would buffer it against any given one going bad.”
      “The intersection of Park Road and Highway 12 is the riskiest in Steinbach, a survey prepared for city council shows.”
      “Providing workers to do the dirtiest, riskiest jobs has become a big business.”
risked
risking
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