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

For decades, this policy was primarily used for residents living in high-risk areas like wildfire zones, but in recent years, as natural disasters have become more common and affected more residents, enrollment in the state's FAIR Plan has grown exponentially. —Noe Padilla, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026

Bear Grylls has devoted his life to high-risk outdoor adventures and been remarkably successful in most all of them. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Contrast this with the European Union, where the EU AI Act is now in full effect, imposing strict guardrails on ‘high-risk’ systems and general-purpose models. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026

The pursuit went throughout much of the county and lasted for about 47 minutes, ending with a high-risk vehicle stop on Richmar Avenue near Pico Avenue in San Marcos, according to Ritt. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for high-risk

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