accident-prone
Example Sentences
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Gliding across steep valleys, they cut down travel time but often are poorly maintained and accident prone.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
A man constantly in motion, he wasn’t exactly accident prone, but he did throw himself into his work, and he nearly lost a few body parts in the process.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2023
She told officers Lola was accident prone with "two left feet" and that she "doesn't sleep and falls over everything".
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023
Thomas, who will take over from Froome as the team’s Tour leader, has been even more unfortunate over the years, although he denies being accident prone.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2019
It took my most delicate judgment to avoid fatal injury but I managed to document the world's first known accident prone inducer.
From I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon by Freas, Kelly
