risk aversion

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noun

a strong disinclination to take risks

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Words nearby risk aversion

rising rhythm, rising sign, rising trot, risk, risk-averse, risk aversion, risk-benefit, risk capital, risk factor, risk life and limb, risk management

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How to use risk aversion in a sentence

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
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Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
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Politicians who openly associated with Duke, or his hard-core associates, did so at their own risk.
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Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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It denotes the person that puts on the badge, puts on the blue uniform, and goes into the streets to put their life at risk.
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But a lawyer who needed the wherewithal finally condescended to risk the task, and into it he plunged.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
If the Duke de Ripperda be found, he must be taken alive, at the risk of those who seek him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
I remember a senior clerk in the office where I first worked to whom there was a general aversion.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Assuredly, this was an occasion when the sacrifice of a few minutes might avoid the grave risk of a breakdown after daybreak.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The hospitals in the capital were crowded with wounded soldiers, brought in at great risk from the rural districts.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman