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

Summary Coastal and high-risk hotels face soaring insurance premiums, up 45-100%, as natural catastrophe losses escalate. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's diabetes drug Mounjaro to cut down the risk of heart attack or stroke in high-risk adults with Type 2 diabetes. — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

On Thursday, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office investigative and tactical teams served a high-risk search warrant at a residence in Salinas and took the suspect into custody. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026

The goal is to create a hybrid force, with humans doing the high-level executive and highly-skilled jobs while the drones take on the boring tasks and go into high-risk areas. — David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for high-risk

• basilisk
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• brisk
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