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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This is a high-risk, high-reward pick, both for the Packers and fantasy, but dynasty managers can be more aggressive than redraft ones.
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Jake Ciely, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Lara’s policy change, now in effect, will undoubtedly endear him to homeowners in high-risk areas (read: voters) and to realtors, mortgage bankers and builders (read: donors) whose revenues all suffer when large swaths of the state are deemed uninsurable deathtraps.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Holy Name also has a maternal-fetal medicine department where high-risk practitioners are on-call should they be needed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
That often leaves would-be homeowners largely in the dark about whether what is usually the biggest purchase of a lifetime could be a safe bet or a high-risk nightmare like Fischetti’s.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jake Ciely, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Lara’s policy change, now in effect, will undoubtedly endear him to homeowners in high-risk areas (read: voters) and to realtors, mortgage bankers and builders (read: donors) whose revenues all suffer when large swaths of the state are deemed uninsurable deathtraps.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Holy Name also has a maternal-fetal medicine department where high-risk practitioners are on-call should they be needed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
That often leaves would-be homeowners largely in the dark about whether what is usually the biggest purchase of a lifetime could be a safe bet or a high-risk nightmare like Fischetti’s.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high-risk
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“High-risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-risk. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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