hedged
Gave evasive answers
Hedged describes something qualified or guarded against risk.
A hedged statement avoids full commitment: His answer was hedged with caveats.
In finance, a hedged position is protected against loss through offsetting investments.
A hedged bet covers multiple outcomes.
Something hedged in is enclosed or confined: a garden hedged by boxwoods.
Uncertain and provisional
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- waryGuardedly alert
- carefulExercising caution and attention
guarded · reserved · noncommittal · measured · conservative · hesitant · cagey · diplomatic
Had a defined edge
- boundedConfined within limits
- fencedSurrounded by barriers
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- linedMarked with parallel marks
surrounded · edged · trimmed · screened · boxed · partitioned · demarcated · delineated
Things derived from another
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- swapsMutual trades
- collarsGarment neck portions
short selling · diversification · risk management · portfolio · arbitrage · leverage · volatility · securities
Dependent on prerequisites
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
- limitedRestricted in extent
- restrictedLimited in scope
moderated · softened · mitigated · stipulated · contingent · partial · modified · attenuated
tentative
Uncertain and provisional
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- waryGuardedly alert
careful · guarded · reserved · noncommittal · measured · conservative · hesitant · cagey · diplomatic · qualified
bordered
Had a defined edge
lined · surrounded · edged · trimmed · screened · boxed · partitioned · demarcated · delineated · framed
derivatives
Things derived from another
collars · short selling · diversification · risk management · portfolio · arbitrage · leverage · volatility · securities · commodities
conditional
Dependent on prerequisites
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
- limitedRestricted in extent
restricted · moderated · softened · mitigated · stipulated · contingent · partial · modified · attenuated · diluted
hedgedunqualified
Lacking required credentials
unequivocal · direct · forthright · blunt · categorical
hedgedunhedged
Without offsetting positions
exposed · unprotected · naked · uncovered · vulnerable
- hedge clipperTool for trimming bushes
- hedge your betsReduce risk by diversifying
- hedge mazeNavigable shrub corridor network
- hedge fundPrivate investment partnership
- hedge one's betsReduce risk by diversifying
- hedging one's betsReducing exposure to loss
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