risky venture

collocation in English

meaningsofriskyandventure

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risky
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪs.ki/us
/ˈrɪs.ki/
involving the possibility of something ...
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venture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈven.tʃər/us
/ˈven.tʃɚ/
a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk ...
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(Definition ofriskyandventurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrisky venture

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Liberalisation may be ariskyventure, but the risk is worth taking.
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Relying on nature-based tourism to conserve biodiversity may therefore be ariskyventureif tourists are not particularly concerned about biodiversity.
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Of course, since war is ariskyventure, we should incorporate the risk posture of the protagonists.
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It was ariskyventure.
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The exploding urban population needed new housing but, in the absence of rules, development was a speculative andriskyventure.
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Starting a business is an extremelyriskyventure.
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We cannot support this unjustified institutionallyriskyventure.
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Searching for oil, and indeed for natural gas, is an expensive andriskyventure.
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Digital broadcasting will be a considerable andriskyventurefor the three independent national radio stations.
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The whole point of lending money on ariskyventureis the hope of getting a high reward.
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No one denies that it was ariskyventure, but it was something for which we had been looking for a long time.
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To combine a complex information technology project with a major reorganisation was always likely to be ariskyventure.
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The latter would be ariskyventure.
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European monetary union is a big step; it is an inherentlyriskyventureand it has major constitutional implications.
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That would be ariskyventurebut it might work and it would certainly be politically attractive.
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A small part, probably not exceeding one-fifth, is mown for hay, but this is a somewhatriskyventure, as a summer flood occasionally carries off the produce.
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It can be difficult for companies to attract high-calibre managers from mature companies to a moreriskyventure.
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This is hardly ariskyventure: in fact, it is one of the safest fields in which the banks operate.
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However, that is ariskyventure.
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It is ariskyventureat the best, and the fact that we have discovered the troubles here was not unexpected, and is the fault of no one.
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