endangered
adjective
en·dan·gered
in-ˈdān-jərd 
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: being or relating to an endangered species
an endangered bird
put on the endangered list
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Last year experts at UNESCO, the United Nations’ culture agency, recommended it be put on the list of its endangered World Heritage Sites, listing mass tourism as a main concern.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
At the same time, speakers of small and endangered languages are not sitting idly by.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The decision ends the Center for Biological Diversity’s 2018 petition to list lake sturgeon as an endangered or threatened species.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2024
In an effort to preserve the countries conservation, the island has made an effort to protect natural resources such as reefs and restoring endangered species like the rock iguana.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
In 2005, he was convicted as a member of a multistate wildlife-trafficking ring buying and selling endangered tigers.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Flowing 34 miles, the river is home to a stretch of Class 4 and 5 whitewater rapids as well as several endangered and rare species.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The Santa Cruz River is the fourth-most endangered river in America, according to American Rivers’ 2024 rankings.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
But there was very little genetic diversity among the remaining birds — a problem common in endangered animal populations — and breeding inevitably meant inbreeding.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
At the same time, speakers of small and endangered languages are not sitting idly by.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The decision ends the Center for Biological Diversity’s 2018 petition to list lake sturgeon as an endangered or threatened species.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2024
In an effort to preserve the countries conservation, the island has made an effort to protect natural resources such as reefs and restoring endangered species like the rock iguana.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
In 2005, he was convicted as a member of a multistate wildlife-trafficking ring buying and selling endangered tigers.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Flowing 34 miles, the river is home to a stretch of Class 4 and 5 whitewater rapids as well as several endangered and rare species.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The Santa Cruz River is the fourth-most endangered river in America, according to American Rivers’ 2024 rankings.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
But there was very little genetic diversity among the remaining birds — a problem common in endangered animal populations — and breeding inevitably meant inbreeding.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
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