slight risk

collocation in English

meaningsofslightandrisk

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofslightandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslight risk

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One has a significant failure rate, the other aslightriskto health, but they are popular because they are simple and private.
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There is aslightriskof metabolic alkalosis with excessive use of sodium bicarbonate, but this is unlikely to occur at the usual therapeutic dosage.
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Although this runs aslightriskof bias because of potentially differing social status, in practice the loss of comparability is small.
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The word "hazard"is an overstatement ; one should say"atslightrisk", which is represented by occasional but very sad accidents.
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I will consider whether donors who drive private vehicles should be specifically warned of this veryslightrisk.
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There is aslightriskthat he might not be granted that leave.
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The use of the phrase "slightrisk" worries me, because any risk is to be avoided if possible.
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This might sound aslightriskuntil one does the sums.
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The serious point is that there is aslightriskof a devastating disaster, which ought to be legislated for.
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For example, people who sunbathe are allowed to take theslightriskof attracting skin cancer for the transient pleasure of acquiring a tan.
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There is perhaps aslightrisk– how do we know?
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There is someslightriskin any vaccination procedure.
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There is obviously aslightriskthat this is not so, or that the cargo was not stacked where it was said to be.
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We acknowledged that there was aslightriskto human health.
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That is a benefit for which it is well worth running aslightrisk.
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There is someslightriskof infection which makes it desirable to cook duck eggs thoroughly.
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Even thisslightriskdoes not arise with home-canned or home-bottled fruit because of its acid content, or with beans preserved in salt.
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We might have run theslightriskinvolved in abandoning that particular proposal.
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Nobody could say that with one there would be only aslightrisk, and that another might suffer a severe risk.
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I would just say that one effect of the short-service engagement is to take aslightriskin making comparisons about recruitment.
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