high-risk
Fraught with danger
High-risk describes situations, activities, or categories with elevated potential for harm, loss, or failure.
A high-risk investment might yield large returns or total loss.
High-risk behavior endangers health or safety.
In medicine, a high-risk pregnancy requires extra monitoring.
Insurance and lending use the term to classify people or ventures more likely to result in claims or defaults.
Likely to cause injury
- perilousFraught with danger
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- precariousDangerously insecure
volatile · deadly · lethal · unstable · exposure · contamination · radiation · toxic
New business enterprise
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
- derivativesThings derived from another
cryptocurrency · short-selling · IPO · portfolio · exposure · default · subprime · commodities
Acute care ward
- life-threateningRisking death
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
acute · severe · intubation · resuscitation · unstable · complications · prognosis · terminal
Staking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- stakesPosts or wagers
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
underdog · parlay · all-in · double-or-nothing · jackpot · speculation · roulette · poker
Of risk calculation
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
- premiumsPayments for insurance coverage
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- coverageExtent of inclusion
claims · exposure · catastrophe · reinsurance · policyholder · deductible · morbidity · solvency
Emergency response hormone
- skydivingRecreational freefall from aircraft
- wingsuitWearable gliding apparatus
- free-soloClimb without safety equipment
- whitewaterTurbulent, aerated river flow
motocross · parkour · heli-skiing · mountaineering · rock-climbing · freestyle · BMX · snowboarding
hazardous
Likely to cause injury
- perilousFraught with danger
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
precarious · volatile · deadly · lethal · unstable · exposure · contamination · radiation · toxic · explosive
startup
New business enterprise
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
derivatives · cryptocurrency · short-selling · IPO · portfolio · exposure · default · subprime · commodities · futures
ICU
Acute care ward
- life-threateningRisking death
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- emergencySerious sudden danger
intensive · acute · severe · intubation · resuscitation · unstable · complications · prognosis · terminal · trauma
betting
Staking money on outcomes
longshot · underdog · parlay · all-in · double-or-nothing · jackpot · speculation · roulette · poker · blackjack
actuarial
Of risk calculation
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
- premiumsPayments for insurance coverage
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
coverage · claims · exposure · catastrophe · reinsurance · policyholder · deductible · morbidity · solvency · assessment
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- skydivingRecreational freefall from aircraft
- wingsuitWearable gliding apparatus
- free-soloClimb without safety equipment
whitewater · motocross · parkour · heli-skiing · mountaineering · rock-climbing · freestyle · BMX · snowboarding
- Danger Levelsdanger, critical, imminent, perilous, unsafe
- Patient Typesinpatient, outpatient, acute, chronic, critical
- HPVHPV, HPV test, HPV screening, HPV vaccine, genital warts
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory