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high-risk

British  

adjective

  1. denoting a group, part, etc, that is particularly subject or exposed to a danger

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“We think a lack of cash returns and likely margin volatility warrant a high-risk rating.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Vaccines for meningitis, hepatitis A and B, dengue, flu, Covid and RSV will now be recommended only for “high-risk” children, or be left to “shared clinical decision-making” between doctors and parents.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in the real U.S. healthcare system, it looks much more like a high-risk social experiment with no safety net.

From MarketWatch

It was directly aimed at those above him, a high-risk strategy that became the final blow in a battle Amorim was never going to win.

From BBC

Predictive algorithms have powered early-warning systems for sepsis, flagged high-risk patients and helped manage scheduling for years.

From The Wall Street Journal