Definition of Hazardous

1. Adjective. Involving risk or danger. "A wild financial scheme"

Exact synonyms: Risky, Wild
Similar to: Dangerous, Unsafe
Derivative terms: Hazard, Hazardousness, Risk, Risk, Riskiness

Definition of Hazardous

1. a. Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

Definition of Hazardous

1. Adjective. Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard. ¹

2. Adjective. Exposing to loss or evil. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or involving chance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hazardous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazardous

haywires
hazahs
hazan
hazanim
hazans
hazard
hazard insurance
hazard rate
hazardable
hazarded
hazarder
hazarders
hazarding
hazardize
hazardless
hazardous
hazardous material
hazardous materials
hazardous substances
hazardous waste
hazardously
hazardousness
hazardousnesses
hazardproof
hazardry
hazards
haze
haze over
hazed
hazee

Literary usage of Hazardous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"(Multiple violations) Train crew has improper or inadequate hazardous materials ... (Multiple violations) Failure to placard in compliance with hazardous ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Insurance <S=755(3) — Acceptance of orín- mal premium after notice of hazardous occupation precluded forfeiture of benefit certificate. ..."

3. Managing Industrial Solid Wastes from Manufacturing, Mining, Oil and Gas by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"For the toxicity characteristic, for example, a waste is considered hazardous when the concentrations of certain toxic constituents in the waste exceed ..."

4. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"8.2 Hazardous waste ln 2001, Sweden's exports of hazardous waste ... Between 1999 and 2001 the tonnage of hazardous waste exported increased by 170%. ..."

5. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"0976 Hazardous Waste Research Center Environmental Protection Agency 3418 CEBA ... Staff expertise includes research experience in hazardous waste treatment ..."

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