risk-taking
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risk-taking
adjective more risk-taking · most risk-taking · risktaking
- Prone to engaging in risky behaviour or unafraid to do things with uncertain outcomes. We're actually quite a risk-taking species, as species go: and because of that we've managed, in the space of little more than 100,000 years, to go from being a bunch of monkeys (hominids, if you want to be strictly correct about this) somewhere in Africa to more or less total world domination. Not
noun risktaking
- The practice or tendency of doing things that are risky or have uncertain outcomes. Unfortunately, these are the types of risks kids and teens are most likely to take, when risk-taking can seem like a cool way to be independent or escape problems.
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adj prone to engaging in risky behaviour or unafraid to do things with uncertain outcomes
| Español | arriesgador, arriesgante |
|---|---|
| Français | risqueur |
noun Translations
| Español | arriesgón |
|---|---|
| Français | prise de risque |
Talk about this word "risk-taking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/risk-taking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. risk-taking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/risk-taking "risk-taking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/risk-taking.
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@misc{risk_taking_2026,
title = {risk-taking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/risk-taking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
