hazardous
adjective/ˈhæzədəs/
/ˈhæzərdəs/
- involving risk or danger, especially to somebody’s health or safety
- hazardous waste/materials/substances/chemicals
- They endured a hazardous journey through thickening fog.
- It would be hazardous to invest so much.
- hazardous to somebody/something a list of products that are potentially hazardous to health
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerc1- chemicals that are hazardous to human beings
- environmentally hazardous substances
- Britain produces almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year.
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French hasardeux, from hasard ‘chance’, from Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr ‘chance, luck’, from Persian zār or Turkish zar ‘dice’.Definitions on the go
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