[
US
/ˈdʒɛpɝdi/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɛpədi/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɛpədi/ ]
NOUN
-
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
drinking alcohol is a health hazard
How To Use jeopardy In A Sentence
- Bounties were paid right across a banking sector whose incompetence threw thousands of innocents into jeopardy. Times, Sunday Times
- Luzhin feels that all the dreams and fancies of having Dounia as his wife is in jeopardy because of a unforeseen turn of fortunes.
- You mentioned the triple jeopardy that you feel officers are subject to, and police staff are subject to.
- Sadly this will set a very destructive precedent, which could place the future of our liberty in grave jeopardy.
- Five Dem incumbents there are in jeopardy due to a GOP redistricting plan.
- In one grand twist Ferguson has relied on a Liverpudlian or Evertonian, strictly to place Anfield's joint record of 18 titles in jeopardy. Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United ready to pull clear of Liverpool
- If the money doesn't start flowing soon, the country's very future will be in jeopardy.
- The accident put his baseball career in immediate jeopardy.
- For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy.
- Would I put our thing in jeopardy for some two - bit fucking meth lab?
