noun
1. financial risk
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he rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑speculative
2. the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
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her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑speculative
• Hypernyms: ↑uncertainty, ↑uncertainness, ↑precariousness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.