At-risk Definition

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adjective

Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care.

Efforts to make the vaccine available to at-risk groups of children.

American Heritage

In danger of suffering from mistreatment, injury, disease, or the effects of dysfunctional behavior.

After-school programs for at-risk youth; screening at-risk seniors for diabetes.

American Heritage Medicine

Likely to result in injury, disease, or other negative consequences.

At-risk occupations; at-risk behaviors.

American Heritage Medicine

Characterization of person or property subject to unique jeopardy or threat, as in the case of youth “at-risk” for increased likelihood of delinquency due to home and environmental factors, or finances “at-risk” due to vagaries of stock market, global instability, health issues of individual having such finances, etc.

Webster's New World Law