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

The soldiers’ white Toyota vehicle, known as a Zoreken, was spotted around noon Sunday leaving the Damas supermarket in Fleuriot near the airport headed to the high-risk Santo 19 neighborhood about 30 minutes east to a second Damas supermarket. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Nobody was inside the Roadster during these high-risk demonstrations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

The area was recently reclassified into a high-risk zone for wildfires; the board says the collection has since been relocated for its safety to a museum-caliber facility. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

However, studying familial genetic predispositions can help elucidate how lung cancer develops and lead to new biomarkers for early cancer detection in high-risk groups. — Estelamari Rodriguez, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for high-risk

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