chancy
chan see
- s of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- s subject to accident or chance or change
a chancy appeal at best
- Henry brought Christopher Morley and Kitty Foyle with him, gave Lippincott a more up-to-date approach to the chancy best-seller field.
- On his own time, Engineer Cole worries about the future of the human specieswhich he regards as very chancy, indeed.
- Common sense tells us or ought to tell us not to believe the pre-release gossip that accretes around expensive, commercially chancy movies starring actors who have found .