risk-averse

English

Adjective

risk-averse (comparative more risk-averse, superlative most risk-averse)

1. Unwilling to take risks; especially (economics) reluctant to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff.

   Antonyms: bold, daring, courageous; hearty

   Near-synonyms: conservative; reluctant; cautious

   • 2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 40:

     The answer, says Mark Smith (The Man in Seat 61) is "to reassure the risk-averse Treasury that prices within a new structure will not be difficult to adjust if calculations to achieve revenue neutrality are out by 2% or whatever. You're not stuck with the prices you implement on Day 1."

   • 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Arsenal were untroubled elsewhere, Forest's risk-averse gameplan making it a relatively easy night for their defenders until Awoniyi emerged after being out with injury since October, finally giving them something to think about.

Translations

unwilling to take risks

• Czech: averzní k riziku, rizikově averzní
• Finnish: riskiä karttava
• German: risikoscheu (de)
• Italian: avverso al rischio
• Russian: осторожный (ru) m (ostorožnyj), избегающий риска m (izbegajuščij riska), непредрасположенный к риску m (nepredraspoložennyj k risku)