Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-risk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: high--risk
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a great risk.

Example Sentences

"2007 March 30, Jene from Boston (caller), “Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio https://web.archive.org/web/20071006125335/http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Mar/hour1_033007.html I don't consider myself high-risk anymore except that I did have cancer, so, one of the things we don't hear talked about a lot is how do you judge your high-riskness. If you have had cancer, where do you fit in? How do you make those decisions...?"

Etymology

From high + risk.

Inflected Forms

higher-risk (comparative) highest-risk (superlative)

Synonyms

bad risky speculative

Antonyms

low-risk

Questions

What does high-risk mean?: Having a great risk.
Where does high-risk come from?: From high + risk.

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