Synonyms for high-risk
high-risk

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1. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   not financially safe or secure

   "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, questioning, bad, speculative, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), unfit, wild, notional

   Antonyms:
   sound

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. perilous

   the meaning is similar to high-risk's.

   exposed to a danger

   Submitted by rinat on June 6, 2017  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "high-risk":

   higher-risk, risky, at-risk, sub-prime

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1. Nora Volkow:

   Harm reduction can be life saving for individuals, for example, that are not ready to receive medications or treatment but are at a very high risk of dying.

2. Koji Nagai:

   We're going to build a proper client base in America, if we have that platform we won't need to rely on high-risk, market-focused business. We'll completely change our approach.

3. Anahita Sedaghatfar:

   The reality is many sex offenders are violent offenders and are considered high risk. [ Yet ] weve seen instances where those being released are not being electronically monitored, and law enforcement is not even being advised of the identities of the released inmates, and they are reoffending and being Immediately released again, there has to be a much more rational way to go about this. It seems that the way many states have been going about these releases is actually putting the public at a greater risk rather than protecting us.

4. Sturgis City Manager Daniel Ainslie:

   We continue to encourage people that if they don't have immunity and if they're in a high-risk category that it's probably not wise for them to come, and we definitely don't encourage people who have several high-risk categories to attend.

5. Ashish Jha:

   We're seeing two sets of things happening : A lot of vaccinated people getting infected. We're doing fine. Largely avoiding getting particularly sick, avoiding the hospital ; a lot of unvaccinated people and high-risk people who have not gotten boosted and they're really filling up the hospitals, and so our hospital systems are under a lot of stress.