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at-risk
This term is primarily used in professional, clinical, or sociological registers, such as in education, healthcare, and social work. It functions as a technical label to identify individuals who possess specific risk factors that make them vulnerable to adverse outcomes, rather than stating that the negative outcome is certain.
Because it is a compound adjective, it is almost always used attributively before a noun. While it describes a state of vulnerability, it is generally intended to be a neutral or supportive classification to justify the allocation of resources or interventions, though in some contexts it can carry a stigmatizing connotation.
Meanings
Examples
The school provides extra tutoring for at-risk students to prevent them from dropping out.
We need to identify the at-risk populations before the virus spreads further.
I wonder if my current lifestyle makes me more at-risk for heart disease.
These families are considered at-risk due to chronic unemployment in the region.
Is this specific demographic at-risk for the new tax law changes?
The social worker focused her efforts on at-risk youth in the inner city.
He is an at-risk patient who requires constant monitoring in the ICU.
The government must allocate more funding to support at-risk communities.