Vocabulary
Speculative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.
Urdu meaning
قیاسی، سوچ بچار، فرضی، سٹا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Much else is speculative.
- That Pakistan`s rating remains in speculative territory despite the upgrade from rating agencies is a reminder that markets still view the risks as high.
- A pro-people programme requires an economic vision that privileges the needs of working masses over the profiteering of speculative investors, multinational capital and entrenched landed/ business interests.
- In the plains of Punjab, this has come at the cost of farmland and rural commons, via their conversion into low-density, plot-based housing schemes for speculative capital.
- The officials that supposedly plan the process of urbanisation have effectively become auctioneers invested in speculative property markets.
Synonyms
conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, based on guesswork, putative
Curator example
“he gave her a speculative glance”
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