SPECULATIVENESS

speculativeness

(noun) the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation; “her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence”

speculativeness

(noun) financial risk; “he rejected stocks that didn’t pay dividends because of their speculativeness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

speculativeness (uncountable)

The quality or state of being speculative.

Synonyms

• speculativity (less common)

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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