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Definitions for HAZARDOUS
ˈhæz ər dəshaz·ardous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hazardous, risky, wildadjective

    involving risk or danger

    "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

Wiktionary

  1. hazardousadjective

    Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

  2. hazardousadjective

    Exposing to loss or evil.

  3. hazardousadjective

    Of or involving chance.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hazardousadjective

    Dangerous; exposed to chance.

    Etymology: hazardeux, Fr. from hazard.

    Grant that our hazardous attempt prove vain,
    We feel the worst, secur’d from greater pain. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. hazardous

    A hazard is a potential source of harm. Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would allow them, even just theoretically, to cause damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value. The probability of that harm being realized in a specific incident, combined with the magnitude of potential harm, make up its risk, a term often used synonymously in colloquial speech. Hazards can be classified in several ways; they can be classified as natural, anthropogenic, technological, or any combination, such as in the case of the natural phenomenon of wildfire becoming more common due to human-made climate change or more harmful due to changes in building practices. A common theme across many forms of hazards in the presence of stored energy that, when released, can cause damage. The stored energy can occur in many forms: chemical, mechanical, thermal hazards and by the populations that may be affected and the severity of the associated risk. In most cases, a hazard may affect a range of targets and have little or no effect on others. Identification of hazards assumes that the potential targets are defined, and is the first step in performing a risk assessment.

ChatGPT

  1. hazardous

    Hazardous refers to anything that presents a potential source of danger, harm, or risk to the health, safety, or environment. This could involve objects, substances, activities, or situations that could cause accidents, injuries, or other negative effects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hazardousadjective

    exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HAZARDOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HAZARDOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of HAZARDOUS in a Sentence

  1. Amazon Workers against Surveillance:

    Working almost anywhere at Make Amazon is stressful and hazardous to one's health.

  2. Brian Ronholm:

    The FDA should be encouraging industry to work harder to reduce hazardous lead and other heavy metals in baby food given how vulnerable young children are to toxic exposure.

  3. Connor Baird:

    It looks pretty large, but we don't have an exact measure of it, it is a particularly hazardous tornado.

  4. Lindley Johnson:

    While no known asteroid larger than 140 meters in size has a significant chance of hitting Earth for the next 100 years, NASA and its partners are studying several different methodologies for deflecting a hazardous asteroid.

  5. Erik Pevernagie:

    We may do well to be attentive to the good and the bad vibrations in life. Since elephants use their feet to listen to vibrations and thus capture significant codes of impending peril, they might coach humans and teach them how to become “surefooted” in hazardous times. Keeping feet on the ground, however, should not hinder us from flying high and reaching soaring heights. ("Trompe le pied.")

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