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

Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025

Beginning with high-risk and high-frequency workflows can result in quick wins. —Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Ahead of this season, which begins in the Superdome, Olave spoke to the realities of a high-risk sport. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025

Some experts have suggested that, in this case, the qualifying high-risk conditions default to the CDC's existing list of high-risk conditions, which includes pregnancy. —Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for high-risk

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