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
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Analysts have cautioned investors from taking a stake in what is considered by many to be a high-risk stock.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
For hunters that may contact an animal potentially infected with CWD, the CDC recommends precautions such as wearing gloves when handling carcasses, properly disposing of remains, and avoiding consumption of high-risk parts like the brain and spinal cord.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
They shouldn’t be used with high-risk patients or those with alarming symptoms.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Multiple security officials across Europe describe a threat that is metastasizing as Russian agents, increasingly under scrutiny by security services and frustrated in their own operations, hire local amateurs to undertake high-risk, and often deniable, crimes on their behalf.
—Tara John, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
For hunters that may contact an animal potentially infected with CWD, the CDC recommends precautions such as wearing gloves when handling carcasses, properly disposing of remains, and avoiding consumption of high-risk parts like the brain and spinal cord.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
They shouldn’t be used with high-risk patients or those with alarming symptoms.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Multiple security officials across Europe describe a threat that is metastasizing as Russian agents, increasingly under scrutiny by security services and frustrated in their own operations, hire local amateurs to undertake high-risk, and often deniable, crimes on their behalf.
—Tara John, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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“High-risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-risk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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