speculative

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Characterized by speculation

   Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

   • Like The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper.
   • When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information.
2. 2

   Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses

   Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.

   • Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.
   • Little seemed on when Sánchez cut in from the left and sent a speculative low shot through a crowd of players, but though Federici had it covered he could not hold on to the ball and it squirmed over the line through his legs.
3. 3

   Pertaining to financial speculation

   Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

   • In other words, it is critical to know whether a currency is under high speculative pressure for every month in the sample.
   • It was written between 1929 and 1930 and deals with a famine caused by speculative investments of the Meat King of Chicago, Pierpont Mauler.

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