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adj. - Showing curiosity; Not based on fact or investigation; Not financially safe or secure.

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Usage examples (36)
  • I prefer the term speculative fiction anyway and imagining the throught process of a chimp is certainly speculative.
  • Grosse abounds in contempt for what he calls speculative Aesthetic.
  • He said he opposed using taxpayer money to entice vulnerable women to donate their eggs for what he called speculative research.
  • Billy Mays 'wife, Deborah, has disputed a lot of this, saying, releasing these report, which she described as speculative, were not necessary.
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