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

Though the intent is exciting, Arbeloa’s side have so far been unable to capitalise on their own opportunities to make their high-risk strategy look like something that can realistically be sustained. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

That foundation can then be used to re-establish identity confidence before high-risk actions such as account recovery, device enrollment, help desk support or sensitive access. — Michael Engle, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Anthropic has responded by tightening access to high-risk biological queries and expanding safeguards around sensitive research. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

The omission contrasts with the European Union's AI Act, which requires providers of high-risk AI systems to report serious incidents to national authorities. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for high-risk

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