Noun: speculativeness spe-kyu-lu-tiv-nus
- 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"
- Financial risk
"he rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness"
Type of: peril, precariousness, riskiness, uncertainness, uncertainty