risklessadj.
/ˈrɪsklᵻs/, U.S. /ˈrɪsklᵻs/ Free from risk or danger.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or free from risk
sure?1473
safe?1545
dangerless?1555
canny1592
peril-lessa1618
secure1617
unperilous1621
unhazardous1683
riskless1822
no-risk1932
1822 W. Scott Halidon Hill i. ii. 57 To hope Plantagenet would seek close combat When he can conquer riskless, is to deem Sagacious Edward simpler than a babe In battle-knowledge.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 June 5 An invention which,..wherever it has been used, has rendered ascent and descent riskless.
1893 Pall Mall Mag. 2 14 The descent,..though not riskless, was no great feat.
1920 H. Wiley Wildcat (1922) xx. 215 One day, no longer able to endure a riskless career he took a piece of chalk and numbered the six blades of the electric fan which whirled above the Senator's desk.
1956 Times 19 Sept. 13/7 A natural reaction after long years when only subjects congenial to fascism, or politically riskless ‘white telephone’ type films, could be made.
2002 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 21/2 That confidence makes them believe that mortgage lending is an almost entirely riskless way to lend money.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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