单词 | accident-proneness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈaccident-proneness ˈaccident-proneness n. predisposition or likelihood to suffer an accident. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > likelihood of attracting an accident accident-proneness1926 1926 E. Farmer & E. G. Chambers Psychol. Study Accident Rates 3 ‘Accident proneness’ implies the possession of those qualities which have been found to lead to an undue number of accidents. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xv. 167 Their accident-proneness was entirely due to the hazard of a Jewish origin. 1996 Daily Express 26 June 40/2 The drawbacks..are a lack of common sense and accident-proneness. < as lemmas |
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