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chance·ful

(chăns′fəl)
adj.
Subject to chance or uncertainty: spent two chanceful months in England during the war.
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Adj. 1. chanceful - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
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