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Definition of low-risk adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

low-risk

adjective
 
/ˌləʊ ˈrɪsk/
 
/ˌləʊ ˈrɪsk/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. involving only a small amount of danger and little risk of injury, death, damage, etc. synonym safe
    • a low-risk investment
    • low-risk patients (= who are very unlikely to get a particular illness)
    opposite high-riskTopics Dangerb2
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