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risk-adverse

risk-adverse is the misspelling of risk-averse.

Meaning of risk-averse

Adjective

risk-averse (comparative more risk-averse, superlative most risk-averse)

  1. Unwilling to take risks.
    • Near-synonyms: conservative; reluctant; cautious
  2. Reluctant to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff.

Questions about risk-adverse

What is risk-adverse the misspelling of?
Risk-adverse is the misspelling of risk-averse.

Words near risk-adverse in the dictionary

  1. risk societies
  2. risk society
  3. risk universe
  4. risk universes
  5. risk visualization
  6. risk-adverse
  7. risk-assess
  8. risk-assessed
  9. risk-assesses
  10. risk-assessing
  11. risk-averse

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