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

Even if there were enough CT scanners to screen high-risk individuals, there wouldn't be capacity to biopsy nodules and treat all these cases, given budget shortfalls and rapidly growing waitlists. —Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025

However, for investors with a high-risk appetite, the stock could still be a profitable investment, as elaborated below. —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Combine those considerations with high-risk assets, and employers’ fiduciary responsibility has to kick in. —Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2025

New Zealand’s air force carried out a nearly 20-hour medical evacuation to rescue three Americans from Antarctica, calling it a high-risk mission conducted in freezing temperatures and total darkness. —Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for high-risk

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