English

Adjective

at-risk ‎(comparative more at-risk, superlative most at-risk)

1. vulnerable, especially to abuse or delinquency
   • 2014, Harold Marchant, ‎Helen M. Smith, ‎Jean P. Nursten, Adolescent Girls at Risk

     The main aim was to reduce one aspect of deviancy in a group of adolescent girls, namely at-risk behaviour, by using the method of detached work.

   The actual at-risk population was limited to those directly exposed and could be quarantined or monitored.‎

See also

• at risk