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jeopardized

verb

past tense of jeopardize
as in endangered
to place in danger don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board

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Recent Examples of jeopardized The extended delay and the fee could have potentially jeopardized the deal altogether. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit also argued that allowing such students into girls’ locker rooms jeopardized privacy and safety. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Advocates warned that the 2026 state budget bill’s caps on annual usage of business tax credits jeopardized that accomplishment and that the sudden policy change might scare productions away from the state. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 Even with proper funding, the project of maintaining military facilities would have been jeopardized by shortages in personnel needed to carry out repairs. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Afram’s lawsuit argues that Netflix’s negligence has jeopardized the film’s exclusivity, thus harming its market value. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 July 2026 By opposing the contract, the health, safety and welfare of Erie citizens is being jeopardized. — Aaron Harber, Denver Post, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardized
  1. endangered
  2. threatened
  3. risked
Verb
  • Even in cases where regulators found that companies endangered workers or committed multiple violations, few were penalized for all their citations.
    — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • It is intended to help locate missing Black people who are considered endangered because of their age or the suspicious circumstances surrounding their disappearance.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of endangered
Verb
  • In a filing late Tuesday, the Justice Department defended the ban, claiming that reporting from the outlets threatened national security.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The latter report, however, points out that despite Uzbek political reforms, freedom of expression remains threatened in the region, per Amnesty International.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of threatened
Verb
  • Every person in the comments who’s never risked anything for any issue wants to tell everybody to throw everything away in a heartbeat — like nothing even needs to be considered.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Partying, drinking, Greek life, sports, and other forms of college life always risked undermining the educational project—and vice versa.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of risked

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“Jeopardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardized. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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