Her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a speculative approach. ,speculative conclusions. ,speculative ventures. From Dictionary.com.
If a decent argument can be made, though, regarding "speculative" fiction's exclusive speculativeness-- or, at least, if it can delineate itself as a form in itself, then, ayun. From Wordnik.com. [More Issues Raised] Reference
Pianist Cowley moved toward a more complex and subtle music with his Radio Silence album, a venture beginning with an almost free-improv speculativeness that turns into expansive, Bad Plus-like anthems, flamenco associations, and slowed-down funk. From Wordnik.com. [This week's new live music] Reference
She moved then to look at me, and I saw that her eyes held not the compassion I had feared, but a strange speculativeness, as if she questioned what I knew rather than what I felt. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
4 The court found that the speculativeness of the damages weighs heavily against standing. From Wordnik.com. [McDonald's is lovin' it: Burger King franchisee lacks Lanham Act standing] Reference
The Fifth Circuit test requires assessment of 1) the nature of the plaintiff’s injury; 2) the directness or indirectness of the asserted injury; 3) the proximity or remoteness of the party to the alleged injurious conduct; 4) the speculativeness of the damages claim; and 5) the risk of duplicative damages or complexity in apportioning damages. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
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