hazardous
adj.adj. dangerous or risky to your health or safety. You often see this word on signs for chemicals or in warnings about bad weather.
adj. involving great risk or danger, especially to physical health or safety. Often used in technical or regulatory contexts to describe substances or environments.
The waste from the factory is hazardous.
Heavy snow and thick ice made the mountain roads hazardous for all drivers this morning.
The disposal of hazardous materials requires strict adherence to safety protocols to prevent long-term environmental contamination and immediate health risks to the local population.
From Middle French hasardeux, equivalent to hazard + -ous.
Commonly modifies nouns like 'waste', 'conditions', 'materials', or 'journey'.
a hazardous for healthhazardous to healthThe adjective hazardous typically takes the preposition 'to' when describing the target of the danger.