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That would be very riskful, because responsibility and leadership is a necessity now and forever.

President And Pm Of Netherlands Press Conference ITY National Archives 1995

He told her about his riskful adventures gambling his small savings against stock index futures and then reinvesting in a dangerous but high-yield emerald-mining cartel in Bolivia.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

"This is a very riskful journey," said Bjorn, "and few would have the heart to take it save thou and I."

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

It was riskful going through the strip of woods, but when they entered the little canon that cleft a ridge of cliffs, rising impudently out of

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

When he thought of the weary, lagging, riskful weeks that were still to ensue before he should actually see Cornelia again, he felt as though he should go utterly mad.

Molly Make-Believe Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1915

As the night was growing dark, I made my way from these riskful farms to Rosina, a little village on the way back to Naples.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

High interest, as every one knows, means riskful security.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

It was a very riskful affair to admit as partners young men whose character for ability might be very doubtful.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

As this guide spindle is always liable to be clogged with the muddy deposit from the boiling water, which yields a very adhesive encrustation, the result is a very riskful tendency to impede the free action of the Safety Valve, and thereby prevent its serving its purpose.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

We found that there were several riskful conditions attached to the proposed contract, which we considered it imprudent to agree to.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885