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low-risk

low-risk adjective: involving a lesser degree of risk.

Adjective

low-risk (comparative lower-risk, superlative lowest-risk)

  1. Involving a lesser degree of risk.
    • Data released by Public Health England on October 9 reveals that public transport remains a relatively low-risk setting for the transmission of Coronavirus when compared with higher-risk areas including households.2020 October 21, “Network News: Transmission low risk on public transport, shows PHE data”, in Rail, page 8

Antonyms of low-risk

Forms of low-risk

comparativelower-risk
superlativelowest-risk

Questions about low-risk

What does low-risk mean?
Low-risk means involving a lesser degree of risk.
What part of speech is low-risk?
Low-risk is an adjective.

Words near low-risk in the dictionary

  1. low-resolution
  2. low-rider
  3. low-riders
  4. low-rise
  5. low-rises
  6. low-risk
  7. low-seeded
  8. low-sided
  9. low-skilled
  10. low-slope roof
  11. low-slope roofs

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