high risk
Likely to fail
High risk describes situations, activities, or individuals with elevated potential for negative outcomes—loss, injury, failure, or harm.
A high-risk investment might lose money; a high-risk pregnancy requires extra medical monitoring; high-risk behavior increases chances of disease or injury.
In finance and insurance, high-risk status typically means higher costs or stricter terms.
The phrase often modifies groups: high-risk patients, high-risk youth.
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- danger zoneHigh-risk location
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
volatile · precarious · stakes · all or nothing · venture · perilous · daredevil · exposure · liability · investment · speculation · adrenaline · edge · cliff · insurance · uncertain · dicey · treacherous
- riskdownside, product liability, threat assessment, peril, hazard
- risk levels
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- Danger Levelsdanger, critical, imminent, perilous, unsafe
- alert levelsDEFCON, red alert, orange alert, yellow alert, elevated
- risk toleranceconservative, moderate, aggressive, cautious, bold
high risksure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
guaranteed · safe bet · certain · surefire · dead cert
high riskconservative
Cautious about altering customs
cautious · prudent · safe · conventional · risk-averse
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