low-risk
Unlikely to fail
Low-risk describes something unlikely to result in harm, loss, or failure.
A low-risk investment offers modest but reliable returns.
A low-risk procedure rarely causes complications.
The term often appears in medical, financial, and security contexts where risk assessment matters: The doctor classified her as a low-risk patient.
Ties that unite
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- CDOptical data disc
- annuityPeriodic fixed payment
pension · money-market · fixed-income · blue-chip · diversified · portfolio · deposit · endowment
Careful to avoid risk
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- guardedWary and restrained
circumspect · measured · deliberate · restrained · judicious · sensible · wary · mindful
Not entering the body
- outpatientTreated without admission
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- minorScale with lowered third
- screeningEvaluative selection process
preventive · elective · benign · observation · prophylactic
Preventive safety measure
- protectionGuarding against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
insurance · safeguard · shield · barrier · prevention · failsafe · redundancy · contingency
bonds
Ties that unite
annuity · pension · money-market · fixed-income · blue-chip · diversified · portfolio · deposit · endowment · guaranteed
cautious
Careful to avoid risk
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
guarded · circumspect · measured · deliberate · restrained · judicious · sensible · wary · mindful · tentative
non-invasive
Not entering the body
- outpatientTreated without admission
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- minorScale with lowered third
screening · preventive · elective · benign · observation · prophylactic
precaution
Preventive safety measure
- protectionGuarding against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
backup · insurance · safeguard · shield · barrier · prevention · failsafe · redundancy · contingency · firewall
- Patient Typesinpatient, outpatient, acute, chronic, critical
- HPVHPV, HPV test, HPV screening, HPV vaccine, genital warts
low-riskhigh-risk
Involving significant danger
speculative · high-stakes · high-yield · aggressive · volatile
low, risk, lower, risky, lowest, lowered, lowering, risked, risking