high-risk

adjective

1

: likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : having a lot of risk

a high-risk activity

high-risk investments

2

: more likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury

high-risk patients

patients in the high-risk group

Examples of high-risk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, the lack of bans and red lines under the high-risk uses of border technologies in the EU is in opposition to years of academic research and international guidance. —Petra Molnar, TIME, 21 May 2024

There are hospitals that have teamed up sickle cell specialists with high-risk pregnancy experts, dramatically reducing complications and, in some cases, doing away with these deaths entirely. —Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024

Yet, the recommendation falls woefully short, declining to call for annual screening, and failing to recommend additional screening for women with dense tissue and for earlier risk assessment for especially high-risk groups, such as Black women. —Clare Dougherty, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024

While approaches to protect high-risk patients may limit morbidity and mortality at the margins, COVID-19 deaths are related more to national health, age and demographic breakdown, and population immunity. —Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 15 May 2024