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high-risk

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high-risk (hrsk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by risk: a high-risk business.
2. Being particularly subject to potential danger or hazard: a high-risk surgical procedure.
high-risk
adj
denoting a group, part, etc., that is particularly subject or exposed to a danger
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Adj.1.high-risk - 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"
speculative, risky, bad
unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"
Translations
high-risk [ˌhaɪˈrɪsk] ADJ [investment, policy] → de alto riesgo


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