at-riskadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ətˈrɪsk/us/ətˈrɪsk/at-risk adjective [ before noun ] (IN DANGER)
in danger of being harmed or damaged, or of dying:
at-risk children/patients
Many residents in at-risk areas move their cars to higher ground when floods threaten.
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- bastardize
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- harm
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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Injuring and injuries
Hitting and beating
at-risk adjective [ before noun ] (FAILING)
in danger of closing or failing:
at-risk schools/students
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Failing and doing badly
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- beta male
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- go against sb
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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