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adjective

as in dangerous
involving potential loss or injury that stupid prank could turn out to be a jeopardizing event in your academic career

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verb

present participle of jeopardize
as in endangering
to place in danger don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board

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Recent Examples of jeopardizing
Verb
Tammen worked decades in the mining industry and empathizes with people like King, but does not feel a mine is worth potentially jeopardizing the watershed. — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 The network’s legal team wrote that the pressures on The View have had an impact on the show’s editorial choices, out of fear of jeopardizing station renewals. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Fight after fight broke out within minutes of the 49ers’ joint practice with the Titans, jeopardizing just how much longer Tuesday’s work might last. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 At Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix, physicians noticed that hospitalized patients awaiting transplants were becoming weaker, jeopardizing their chances of getting a heart. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026 The Houthis declared a maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia last week, jeopardizing the kingdom's energy exports through the Red Sea. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 July 2026 After practicing with a racket with no strings to keep his groundstroke rhythm without jeopardizing the joint, Alcaraz is hitting balls again. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio assesses the comprehensive quality across thousands of stocks, retains the 30 strongest, and re-balances them according to rules that prevent any one position from jeopardizing the entire portfolio. — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Some candidates have imploded in spectacular fashion, jeopardizing races the party had expected to win. — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardizing
  1. dangerous
  2. endangering
  3. hazardous
  4. threatening
  5. perilous
  6. risking
  7. risky
  8. serious
Adjective
  • The desert’s location on the southern border has led to many migrants attempting to cross it by using dangerous backcountry routes, the experts said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Rather, this is a dangerous, shape-shifting synthetic entity that ravaged their entire planet.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of dangerous
Verb
  • Dispute over rescue In two of the citations, Cal-OSHA accused the company of endangering an employee by allowing one of them to go into the backcountry during the rescue operation against a recommendation of local law enforcement.
    — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Recent global health cuts are endangering immunization efforts.
    — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of endangering
Adjective
  • Materials engineered to respond predictably to light could potentially form part of highly sensitive sensing technologies designed to provide earlier warning of hazardous substances.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • So the important question is what does your policy consider hazardous and what conditions apply to that exclusion.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of hazardous
Verb
  • As the war with Iran drags on, the US has been increasingly threatening economic tactics to exert pressure on Tehran.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Fueled by strong winds, the growing Hawk fire spread from the Sierra foothills threatening the northwest flank of Reno on Sunday morning, forcing thousands of evacuations.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of threatening
Adjective
  • But the transition out of Netflix and onto bigger screens has proven a perilous one for other actors born and bred on the streamer.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Deadpoint takes place on Thailand’s Mount Kwan, where two climbers become trapped 11,000 feet above ground as their perilous hike takes a turn for the worse.
    — Niya Doyle, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of perilous
Verb
  • The administration’s Operation Economic Fury would expand secondary sanctions on countries and companies still trading with Iran, risking fallout for allies that rely on Iranian oil as enforcement grows more aggressive.
    — Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Even a contrarian likely prefers risking less than 2% between now and September expiration.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of risking
Adjective
  • The work is risky because miners typically do not have enough protection and the accidents are often deadly.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Today most developments focus on robotic interventions that avoid the expensive and risky prospect of lofting repair worker astronauts into orbit.
    — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of risky
Adjective
  • Perhaps this is simply what Arsenal becoming a serious superclub looks like.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There are also some signs of a few isolated showers on Friday night, but nothing serious.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of serious

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