Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Speculative has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
not financially safe or secure
"a bad investment"
"high risk investments"
"anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"
"speculative business enterprises"
not based on fact or investigation
"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"
"speculative knowledge"
showing curiosity
"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"
"raised a speculative eyebrow"
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
"The article's predictions about next year's market were purely speculative, relying only on wild guesses rather than solid data."