low-risk

adjective

: not likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : not having a lot of risk

low-risk investments

: less likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury

low-risk patients

Examples of low-risk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New and existing clients can leverage the latest technology and leap into the future with low-risk AI investments as the cloud evolves. —

Miami Herald, 21 May 2024 Neuralink hasn't changed the chip's design yet because the issue was deemed too low-risk to bother addressing, according to the report. —

Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 15 May 2024 When Sternlicht started practicing emergency medicine about 26 years ago, most of his patients had low-risk illnesses and injuries. —

Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024 Scheduling a patient for an appointment is a ‘low-risk’ activity. —

William Mullane, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 Experts say that while low-risk AI is the easiest to agree upon, what is deemed higher-risk versus medium-risk will be harder to determine. —

John Kell, Fortune, 2 May 2024 The agency’s hands-off approach dates back to an era when these tests were a relatively small, low-risk sector of the health care system. —

Anna Clark, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2024 There are typically at least 50 low-risk names left on the list by the time the screening is complete. —

Byjasmine Li, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024 If the film is ultimately embraced, that will offer a fitting plot twist considering several studios passed on the low-risk, low-budget film. —

Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024

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