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Definition of Hazardous
1. Adjective. Involving risk or danger. "A wild financial scheme"
Similar to: Dangerous, Unsafe
Derivative terms: Hazard, Hazardousness, Risk, Risk, Riskiness
Definition of Hazardous
1. a. Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
Definition of Hazardous
1. Adjective. Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard. ¹
2. Adjective. Exposing to loss or evil. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or involving chance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hazardous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazardous
Literary usage of Hazardous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"(Multiple violations) Train crew has improper or inadequate hazardous materials
... (Multiple violations) Failure to placard in compliance with hazardous ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Insurance <S=755(3) — Acceptance of orín- mal premium after notice of hazardous
occupation precluded forfeiture of benefit certificate. ..."
3. Managing Industrial Solid Wastes from Manufacturing, Mining, Oil and Gas by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"For the toxicity characteristic, for example, a waste is considered hazardous
when the concentrations of certain toxic constituents in the waste exceed ..."
4. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"8.2 Hazardous waste ln 2001, Sweden's exports of hazardous waste ... Between 1999
and 2001 the tonnage of hazardous waste exported increased by 170%. ..."
5. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"0976 Hazardous Waste Research Center Environmental Protection Agency 3418 CEBA
... Staff expertise includes research experience in hazardous waste treatment ..."
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