What does SPÉCULATIVE mean?
Definitions for SPÉCULATIVE
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪvspÉcula·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective
not financially safe or secure
"a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
notional, speculativeadjective
not based on fact or investigation
"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective
showing curiosity
"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
GCIDE
Speculativeadjective
(Finance) More risky than typical investments; not investment grade.
Wiktionary
speculativeadjective
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Speculativeadjective
Etymology: speculatif, Fr. from speculate.
If all other uses were utterly taken away, yet the mind of man being by nature speculative and delighted with contemplation in itself, they were to be known even for meer knowledge sake. Richard Hooker.
It encourages speculative persons who have no turn of mind to encrease their fortunes. Addison.
Some take it for a speculative platform, that reason and nature would that the best should govern, but no wise to create a right. Francis Bacon, holy War.
ChatGPT
speculative
Speculative refers to ideas, theories, or actions that are based on conjecture, hypothesizing, or abstract reasoning rather than concrete facts or evidence. It often involves a significant degree of risk or uncertainty. This term is commonly used in fields such as finance, philosophy, and science.
Webster Dictionary
Speculativeadjective
given to speculation; contemplative
Speculativeadjective
involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration
Speculativeadjective
of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious
Speculativeadjective
of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise
Etymology: [Cf. F. spculatif, L. speculativus.]
Wikidata
Speculative
A cause of death may be labelled speculative, when circumstances are mysterious or unexplained, or when evidence from autopsy conflicts with other reports or rumours.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SPÉCULATIVE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SPÉCULATIVE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of SPÉCULATIVE in a Sentence
Today, we put order in the Wild West of crypto assets and set clear rules for a harmonized market, the recent fall in the value of digital currencies shows us how highly risky and speculative they are and that it is fundamental to act.
Valuations in this sector remain reasonable, particularly when compared to other, more speculative sectors.
I've been assured that there is no reason to believe Naomi has been harmed or is not alive, so we still have hope in our family, we still have hope in our family. We feel that Naomi is alive, and she's still out there somewhere. And she wants to come home, and we want her to come home. There's a lot of people making a lot of speculative comments.
While mobile phone usage in the population increased from less than 15 % to 95 % over the time period studied, we do not see the same increase in malignant brain tumors. This suggests that the strength of any effect, if present, would have to be small, for now, linking a rise in malignant brain tumors to mobile phone usage remains speculative and should not detract from encouraging lifestyle changes which are known to reduce cancer risk, such as adopting a healthy diet, reducing alcohol consumption and stopping smoking.
I typically don't recommend anyone invest more than 10 % of their portfolio in real estate whether it be through a REIT, an investment through an online platform like Fundrise, or in rental properties because there's just so much risk, investment strategies need to be profitable, because who knows what will happen throughout the rest of our lives, but that doesn't mean we should be investing in speculative apartment complex developments with 50 % of our retirement accounts.
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