Speculative Definition & Meaning
speculative
- adjective
- not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
- not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
- showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
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"Gadkari calls reports of bugging devices at his home highly speculative"
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- What does speculative mean?
- not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
- What part of speech is speculative?
- Speculative is an adjective.
- How many definitions does speculative have?
- Speculative has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).