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   Spec·u·la·tive

   /ˈspekyələdiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge: "discussion of the question is largely speculative" Similar conjecturalsuppositionaltheoreticalhypotheticalbased on guessworkputativeacademicnotionalabstracttentativeunprovenuntestedunfoundedgroundlessunsubstantiatedrare:ideationalsuppositioussuppositiveOpposite proven
   • 2. (of an investment) involving a high risk of loss: "the bonuses cannot be put at risk due to some speculative investment" Similar riskyhazardousunsafeuncertainunpredictableinformal:chancydiceyiffydodgyOpposite safe
   • ▪ (of a business venture) undertaken on the chance of success, without a preexisting contract: "he was involved in speculative building"

   Derivatives

   • 1. speculatively adverb
   • 2. speculativeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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