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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'afraid of risk' is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in contexts when describing someone who is hesitant or unwilling to take risks, such as: "John was always afraid of risk and, as a result, avoided making any sort of investments throughout his life."
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Afraid of risk?
Afraid of risk," he wrote.
"But you can't be afraid of risk or change in any business".
Still, the idea that the Japanese are afraid of risk has no basis in history, for better or for worse.
"I am on the side of those who feel young, of those who are not recognized by the the static left, of those who are not afraid of risk," Mr. Rodriguez Zapatero said.
Henry Liu, a Silicon Valley exile who has set up SageTech, a promising electronics-security company at Zhongguancun, complains that most investment firms are state-owned with politicians as shareholders and are "afraid of risk".
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And her father, a coal miner afraid of risking his job, winked.
"You can't be afraid of risking being foolish looking for love," she said.
Ms. Brodeur can't say exactly, but she's obviously not afraid of risks.
Most of us are much more afraid of risks to our children than we are to ourselves.
Messi is one of the few players in the world who can force opponents into these measures and, at times, Holland looked reticent, maybe even afraid, of risking their shape by committing too many players forward.
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