high-risk

adjective

: likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : having a lot of risk

a high-risk activity

high-risk investments

: more likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury

high-risk patients

patients in the high-risk group

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This can lead to potentially harmful solutions, resulting in high-risk business propositions. —

Kiran Yelamaneni, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new government agency that funds high-risk, high-reward research and is essential to Biden’s cancer goals, is in its infancy, and Republicans in Congress are already eager to cut its budget. —

Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024 According to data cited by the FDA, high-risk recalls were not unusually high this past year, coming in at 179 compared to 145 in 2023. —

Geoff Harris, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024 There are about 3,200 high-risk facilities across the country, according to agency data. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high-risk