Dictionary

risk-averse en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Unwilling to take risks.
   • The answer, says Mark Smith (The Man in Seat 61) is "to reassure the risk-averse Treasury that prices within a new structure will not be difficult to adjust if calculations to achieve revenue neutrality are out by 2% or whatever. You're not stuck with the prices you implement on Day 1." 2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 40:
   • Arsenal were untroubled elsewhere, Forest's risk-averse gameplan making it a relatively easy night for their defenders until Awoniyi emerged after being out with injury since October, finally giving them something to think about. 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
   • Near-synonyms: conservative; reluctant; cautious
2. Reluctant to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff.

Forms

Antonyms

hearty · bold · courageous · daring

Synonyms

cautious · reluctant · conservative

Translations (9)

cs averzní k riziku (unwilling to take risks) · kk тәуекелсіз (unwilling to take risks) · it avverso al rischio (unwilling to take risks) · ru избегающий риска (unwilling to take risks) · ru осторожный (unwilling to take risks) · ru непредрасположенный к риску (unwilling to take risks) · de risikoscheu (unwilling to take risks) · cs rizikově averzní (unwilling to take risks) · fi riskiä karttava (unwilling to take risks)