High-risk

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a great risk.

    "2007 March 30, Jene from Boston (caller), “Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio https://web.archive.org/web/20071006125335/http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Mar/hour1_033007.html I don't consider myself high-risk anymore except that I did have cancer, so, one of the things we don't hear talked about a lot is how do you judge your high-riskness. If you have had cancer, where do you fit in? How do you make those decisions...?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not financially safe or secure wordnet

Synonyms

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badriskyspeculative

Example

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""Risk money" refers to funds placed in investments that seek high-return, although high-risk, investments."

Etymology

From high + risk.

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