accident-prone
Example Sentences
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Human beings are simply too accident-prone and aggressive to be able to handle this technology that can lead to the deaths of hundreds of millions of people and widespread devastating environmental damage.
From Seattle Times
“But if you put in these ingredients of well-being, you make yourself more accident-prone. We can teach our kids to prepare the ground so that happiness comes more easily, more often.”
From Washington Post
The statue to Hill stood in a notoriously accident-prone intersection several blocks north.
From Washington Post
The Cianjur district is one of the most accident-prone areas in Indonesia, suffering frequent floods, landslides and droughts as well as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, according to the Indonesia Disaster Risk Index.
From New York Times
That was just one of many childhood experiences McGee drew on for her TV comedy, “Derry Girls,” which follows a group of chaotic and accident-prone friends and their families.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
