low-risk

adjective

1
: not likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : not having a lot of risk
low-risk investments
2
: less likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury
low-risk patients

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Decisions that feel low-risk today may be intolerable in just a few years. Pavel Bykov, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Kress said the investments in partners were low-risk, high-reward for Nvidia. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Then again, so is this inexplicable two-and-a-half-year stretch of low-risk, juiceless attacking hockey that Pettersson has just endured. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The field is expanding to include thieves from other sectors, lured by the comparatively low-risk, high-reward nature of art thefts. News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-risk

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“Low-risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-risk. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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