Investing into stocks is a highly chancy endeavor.
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Chancy
//ˈtʃænsi//
Synonyms for "chancy" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
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Related words (66)
indefinableindefiniteindemonstrableindeterminableindeterminateindistinctinexactirresolutejeopardouslaxloosemenacingnonspecificobscureon thin iceorderlessparlousperilouspolysemousprecarious
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randomriskfulshadowed forthshadowyshapelessskepticalspeculativestochasticsweepingticklishtouch-and-gotouchytreacheroustrickyunaccountableuncausedunclearunconfirmableunconvincedundefinedundestinedundeterminedundivinableunexpectedunforeseeableunforeseenunhealthyunlooked forunlooked-forunpersuadedunplainunpredictableunprovableunsoundunspecifiedunsureunverifiablevaguevariableveiledventuresomeventurouswaveringwhimsicalwickedwildcat
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Translations
11 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- несигурен adj (uncertain)
- рискован adj (uncertain)
Czech
4 entries- nahodilý adj (subject to chance)
- nejistý adj (uncertain)
- náhodný adj (subject to chance)
- riskantní adj (uncertain)
French
2 entries- aléatoire adj (subject to chance)
- hasardeux adj (uncertain)
Spanish
3 entries- aleatorio adj (subject to chance)
- arriesgado adj (uncertain)
- incierto adj (uncertain)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punctuality.
Source: wiktionary
You might think it's foolish This chancy rendezvous (You might think) You might think I'm crazy (All I want) All I want is you
Source: wiktionary
His haggard gaze swept this way and that, seeking possible succour where reason told him there could be no succour; and then as his vision pieced together this outjutting architectural feature and that into a coherent picture of his immediate surroundings he knew where he was. The one bit of chancy luck in a sequence of direful catastrophes had brought him here[Pg 49] to this very spot. Why, this must be West Ninth Street; it had to be, it was—oh joy, it was!.
Source: wiktionary
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