hazardous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite involving risk or danger
    wild; risky.
    • skydiving is a hazardous sport
    • extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
    • a wild financial scheme

WordNet

Haz"ard*ous adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. hasardeux.
Definitions
  1. Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
    To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.
    Syn. -- Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome; precarious; uncertain. -- Haz"ard*ous*ly, adv. -- Haz"ard*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913