What does HAZARDOUS mean?
Definitions for HAZARDOUS
ˈhæz ər dəshaz·ardous
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word HAZARDOUS.
Princeton's WordNet
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
hazardousadjective
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
hazardousadjective
Exposing to loss or evil.
hazardousadjective
Of or involving chance.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
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
Hazardousadjective
exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HAZARDOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HAZARDOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of HAZARDOUS in a Sentence
A fire approaching a nuclear or hazardous radiation facility is always a risk, in this case we're hoping for rain tomorrow.
The removal of overgrown areas also reduces the habitat of wildlife such as birds that can be hazardous to flight activity at and around O'Hare.
Of those, 1,593 are potentially hazardous, meaning they might cross Earth's path.
As the public face of the pandemic response, Fauci has become a frequent target, he's previously described a terrifying experience opening an anonymous letter delivered to his office, only to be covered in a cloud of white powder he thought might have been a deadly substance. It was later found not to be hazardous.
The current government's rush with open field trials without addressing the fundamental loopholes in the regulatory mechanism is a matter for serious concern, this leaves us vulnerable to contamination with untested and potentially hazardous GM food. We urge the Union Government to roll back approvals given to open air field trials of GM crops.
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- خطيرArabic
- atzarósCatalan, Valencian
- nebezpečnýCzech
- farligDanish
- Gefahr, gefährlichGerman
- επικίνδυνοςGreek
- arriesgado, aventurado, peligrosoSpanish
- پرخطرPersian
- riskipitoinen, sattumanvarainen, uskalias, vaarallinenFinnish
- hasardeux, dangereuxFrench
- खतरनाकHindi
- veszélyesHungarian
- berbahayaIndonesian
- pericolosoItalian
- מְסוּכָּןHebrew
- 危険なJapanese
- ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿKannada
- 위험Korean
- ancepsLatin
- gevaarlijkDutch
- farligNorwegian
- niebezpiecznyPolish
- perigosoPortuguese
- riscantRomanian
- опасныйRussian
- farligSwedish
- அபாயகரமானTamil
- ప్రమాదకరTelugu
- เสี่ยงอันตรายThai
- tehlikeliTurkish
- небезпечнийUkrainian
- مUrdu
- nguy hiểmVietnamese
- כאַזערדאַסYiddish
- 危險Chinese
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