Forbidden or prohibited, to be against the rules or not allowed.
Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes.
Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs.
If something is allowed, it isn't forbidden or prohibited.
(Weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the stadium.)
(They were forbidden from going to that website because of its content.)
(Access to that part of the factory is prohibited for security reasons.)
(Tourists are forbidden from taking pictures inside the museum.)
(Her parents didn’t like him,so she was forbidden to see him ever again.)
Risky, to be a bit dangerous or unsafe.
A risky investment may not be a good idea for people who worry too much.
If you make a risky investment, you may lose a lot of money.
What level of risk are you willing to take?
(Investing in that company is very risky because it has many strong competitors.)
(Starting a new company can be very risky because most new companies fail within 5 years.）
(Meeting someone on the Internet can be very risky,so be careful.g)
Ridiculous, to be foolish or not make any sense.
Their proposal is ridiculous, because it requires too much time and money.
Without enough quality practice, it's ridiculous to expect much progress.
(It's ridiculous for us to expect great results from such a poorly designed product.)
(At first we thought his proposal was ridiculous,but then we realized that it made sense.)
(He is lazy and the quality of his work is poor, so it’s ridiculous for him to expect a bonus.)
Innovative, to come up with a new idea or way of doing things.
Innovative people are usually clever and creative.
To innovate means to come up with a new way of doing something.
Innovative thinking can lead to the development of new products and services.
(Agreeing to her innovative ideas was difficult at first,but it turned out to be the right decision.)
(She left the company because she didn’t think it was innovative enough.)
(He isn’t innovative because he resists change and always wants to do things the same way.)
(If they want to be innovative, they should change the way they’ve been doing things.)
(His innovative proposals made several of the engineers very uncomfortable, but they finally agreed.)
Conservative, to be conservative is to avoid taking risks.
Conservative investors try to make safe investments.
A conservative investor wants to minimize risks.
A conservative approach to management may discourage innovation.
(Her parents are very conservative,so they don't approve of her wearing so much makeup.)
(She wants to escape from her parents,because they are too conservative.）
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