hazardousnessn.
/ˈhazədəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈhæzərdəsnəs/ The quality or state of being hazardous (in various senses); riskiness, dangerousness; (in earlier use also) adventurousness; randomness.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > quality
hazardousness1651
riskiness1839
gamble1880
1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces Pref. 336 It is better to possess a few things in peace, then many things in the hazardousness of a dreadful war.
1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 219 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The hazardousness of these terms.
1693 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 74 That no difficulties, or hazardousness of these Assemblies, may make us indifferent about thy service.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Jeopardousness, Hazardousness.
1836 Times 3 May 7/1 A warning..of the extreme hazardousness..of indulging in rash and undigested speculations.
1884 Independent 4 Dec. 1551/1 The chorus has some of the most inspiring and lovely music that a genius ever conceived, and it is music of nice hazardousness.
1939 E. Beneš Democracy Today & Tomorrow vi. 204 The ideal democratic politician should not be..a professor of current Machiavellism and venturesome hazardousness.
2007 Occup. & Environmental Med. 64 573/2 Some corporations seek to impede regulation through the intentional manufacturing of uncertainty about the hazardousness of their products.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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