English noun: speculativeness | |||
1. | speculativeness (state) financial risk | ||
Samples | He rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | peril, riskiness | ||
2. | speculativeness (attribute) the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation | ||
Samples | Her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty | ||