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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Please know that my investment goals exclude high-risk investments such as penny stocks. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 And in the crazy, high-risk, high-reward world of playing defense in the NHL, the fact that those were Faber’s only symptoms was a hugely positive thing. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2024 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will train more dog teams and deploy chemical detection tools at high-risk ports, adding to its 80 existing detector dog teams nationwide. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 Vaccines are available from all three of these viruses, although the RSV vaccine is only for the high-risk groups of young children and seniors. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024 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 25 Dec. 2024.

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