chancy

/'tʃɑ:nsi/
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chancy

The investment seemed chancy, so she decided to wait.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Risky, uncertain, dependent on chance: Describes a situation, action, or outcome that is not certain and involves a significant element of luck or risk.
    • Subject to accident or change: Indicates that something is vulnerable to unpredictable events or alterations.
Usage

The word "chancy" is an informal adjective, often used in casual speech or writing to describe something as uncertain or risky. It typically modifies a noun directly or follows a linking verb like "is," "seems," or "looks."

Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Investing in that new startup is a chancy proposition. (The investment is risky and its success is uncertain.)
    • The weather looks chancy for our picnic tomorrow. (The weather forecast is unreliable, making the picnic uncertain.)
    • It was a chancy decision, but it paid off in the end. (The decision was risky and based on luck.)
Advanced Usage
  • "chancy at best": Used to emphasize that even the most optimistic view of a situation is still very uncertain or risky.
    • His plan for success is chancy at best. (His plan is very uncertain and unlikely to succeed reliably.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Chance (n/adj/v): The root word. As a noun, it means luck or opportunity. As an adjective, it means accidental. As a verb, it means to risk.
  • Chancily (adv): In a risky or uncertain manner. (Rarely used).
Synonyms
  • Risky: Involving the possibility of danger, loss, or failure.
  • Uncertain: Not able to be relied on; not known or definite.
  • Iffy: Informal synonym meaning doubtful or uncertain.
  • Dicey: Informal synonym meaning unpredictable and potentially dangerous.
  • Hazardous: Involving risk or danger.
Antonyms
  • Certain: Known for sure; established beyond doubt.
  • Safe: Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk.
  • Sure: Confident in what one thinks or knows; completely reliable.
Idioms and Phrases
  • A chancy business: An activity or situation that is full of risk and uncertainty.
    • Trying to predict the stock market is a chancy business.
chancy

The investment seemed chancy, so she decided to wait.

Adjective
  1. subject to accident or chance or change
    • a chancy appeal at best
    • getting that job was definitely fluky
    • a fluky wind
    • an iffy proposition
  2. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
    • an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog- New Yorker

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