at-risk
Liable to harm
At-risk describes people or things facing elevated danger of a negative outcome.
At-risk youth may be vulnerable to dropping out, substance abuse, or criminal involvement.
An at-risk pregnancy has complications that threaten mother or child.
At-risk species face possible extinction.
The term is common in social services, medicine, and conservation: The program targets at-risk populations.
Prone to sudden change
- uncertainNot firmly known
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
volatile · jeopardy · exposed · threatened · teetering · borderline · touch-and-go · shaky
Expressed intent to harm
- extinctNo longer existing
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
species · biodiversity · decline · protection · wildlife · ecosystem · survival · deforestation
Lacking social or economic resources
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- fosterEncourage development of
- homelessWithout a dwelling
dropout · intervention · outreach · youth · populations · communities · students · families
Inclined beforehand
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
genetic · comorbidity · lifestyle · prenatal · cardiovascular · immunocompromised · diabetes · hypertension
unstable
Prone to sudden change
tenuous · volatile · jeopardy · exposed · threatened · teetering · borderline · touch-and-go · shaky · unsteady
threatened
Expressed intent to harm
- extinctNo longer existing
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
poaching · species · biodiversity · decline · protection · wildlife · ecosystem · survival · deforestation · preservation
disadvantaged
Lacking social or economic resources
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- fosterEncourage development of
homeless · dropout · intervention · outreach · youth · populations · communities · students · families · children
predisposed
Inclined beforehand
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- preventionStopping something before occurring
monitoring · genetic · comorbidity · lifestyle · prenatal · cardiovascular · immunocompromised · diabetes · hypertension · obesity
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- wildlife statusendangered, extinct, vulnerable, threatened, rare species
- risk levels
- customer typesactive, inactive, new, returning, loyal
at-risksafe
Free from peril
protected · secure · out of danger · sheltered · invulnerable
at-risksecure
Protected from harm
stable · assured · guaranteed · certain · established
at-riskthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · privileged · advantaged · well-off · prospering
risk, risky, risked, risking, riskiness, risk-free, riskiest, riskier, risk-averse