speculative

IPA: spˈɛkjʌɫʌtɪv

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

Examples of "speculative" in Sentences

Grosse abounds in contempt for what he calls speculative Aesthetic.
The second demand for money is what we call the speculative demand for money, and it is based upon interest rates.
I prefer the term speculative fiction anyway and imagining the throught process of a chimp is certainly speculative.
Traders say the most recent bout of selling isn't coming from fast-moving hedge funds making short term speculative bets.
I like the term speculative fiction because it encompasses a broad range of genres and tropes: SF, fantasy, horror, alt history, etc.
Billy Mays 'wife, Deborah, has disputed a lot of this, saying, releasing these report, which she described as speculative, were not necessary.
Sometimes the reasons why readers avoid the speculative is the perception of its one-dimensionality and failure to embrace a diversity of cultures.
On Thursday, Zambia's High Court in Lusaka had banned private media organizations from announcing election results until the official outcome was released, in a bid to tamp what it called "speculative stories."
Last month, the RBI placed limits on the unhedged currency positions that banks can hold overnight, and banned companies from cancelling and rebooking forwards contracts to clamp down on what it called speculative behavior.