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In Scotland, I have a huge barn full of woodworking tools. I love working with my hands. I basically just make myself bleed a lot. I'm very accident-prone.
Greg Wise

Meaning of "accident-prone" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCIDENT-PRONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accident-Prone is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACCIDENT-PRONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Accident-proneness

Accident-proneness, also known as clumsiness, is the conception that some people might have predisposition, or that they might be more likely to suffer accidents, such as car crashes and industrial injuries, than other people. It may be used as a reason to deny any insurance on such individuals.

Definition of accident-prone in the English dictionary

The definition of accident-prone in the dictionary is more liable than most people to be involved in accidents.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCIDENT-PRONE

accident
accident and emergency
accident and emergency department
accident and emergency unit
accident blackspot
accident insurance
accident prevention
accident proneness
accident protection
accident unit
accidental
accidental damage
accidental death
accidental injury
accidentalism
accidentality
accidentally
accidentalness
accidented
accidently

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCIDENT-PRONE

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Synonyms and antonyms of accident-prone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «accident-prone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCIDENT-PRONE

Find out the translation of accident-prone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of accident-prone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accident-prone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

事故多发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

propenso a los accidentes
570 millions of speakers

English

accident-prone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुर्घटना की आशंका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المعرضة للحوادث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невезучий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

propensa a acidentes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্ঘটনা প্রবণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accidentogènes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rawan kemalangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unfallträchtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

事故を起こしやすい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사고 다발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rawan kecelakaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xảy ra tai nạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விபத்து பாதிப்புக்குள்ளாகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपघात-प्रवण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazaya eğilimli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incline agli incidenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podatnych na wypadek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невезучий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

predispusă la accidente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιρρεπής στα ατυχήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongeluk sensitiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olycksdrabbade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulykkesfugl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accident-prone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCIDENT-PRONE»

The term «accident-prone» is normally little used and occupies the 111.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCIDENT-PRONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accident-prone

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2 QUOTES WITH «ACCIDENT-PRONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word accident-prone.
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Peta Wilson
I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone.
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Greg Wise
In Scotland, I have a huge barn full of woodworking tools. I love working with my hands. I basically just make myself bleed a lot. I'm very accident-prone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCIDENT-PRONE»

Discover the use of accident-prone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accident-prone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and ...
Lying at the intersection of the history of technology, the history of medicine and psychology, and environmental history, Accident Prone is an ambitious intellectual analysis of the birth, growth, and decline of an idea that will interest ...
John Burnham, 2010
2
Accident Prone
After receiving one million dollars from her late best friend Marcy's insurance policy, Lacy finds her quiet existence shattered as she is thrust into the spotlight--especially when it is revealed that Marcy was murdered.
Michelle McGriff, 2007
3
Accident Prone
Comprising 16 fiction and ten non-fiction titles, the 25 books at each level span a two-year reading age and the three-tier levelling system within each level facilitates an accurate match of reading ability and text.
Nelson Thornes Limited, 2000
4
The Accident Prone Man
Franz K. Baskett. the cident prone man franzk. baskett THE ACCIDENT PRONE MAN God moves the world as the. Front Cover.
Franz K. Baskett, 1994
5
Natural Hazard: The Diary of an Accident-Prone Golf Watcher
Norman Dabell, journalist, broadcaster and notorious jinx, has been covering the European golf circuit for over 20 years, though after reading this hilarious account of his mishaps, you may well come to wonder how he has managed to survive ...
Norman Dabell, 2011
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The Challenge of Front-line Management: Flattened ...
Finally, a reason often given for accidents is that certain people are accident- prone. It seems to be true that due to their physical and mental makeup, some employees are more susceptible to accidents than are others. The tendency to be  ...
Ronald R. Sims, 2001
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Truth Or Economics: On the Definition, Prediction, and ...
... operate cars that have not undergone the safety inspections required by statute are assessed for negligence, decisions by car- driver injurers to drive more rather than less, to take more-accident-prone rather than less-accident-prone routes, ...
Richard S. Markovits, 2008
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Comprehensive Workshop Practice
In technical language they are known as accident-prone. The notion of accident- proneness has aroused much discussion and even more misunderstanding. Because all the evidence points to the susceptibility to accident of a minority in a  ...
R. K. Rajput, 2005
9
Glasgow Limited: A Case-study in Industrial War and Peace
During the five-year period surveyed only one man seems to have been accident -prone, p. 99. That is to say he had such poor eye-muscle coordination that he had inadequate capacity for avoiding injury when he was placed in a dangerous  ...
Thomas Thomson Paterson, 1960
10
Bibliography on Highway Safety
1928; 19 (v. 3) : 140-150. 1930. Study of the problem of locating accident-prone drivers; diagnosis and treatment ; how difficulties may be removed. □ (119) the prone-to-aocident driver. Mich. Univ. Conf. Highway Engin. Proc. 17 : 23-42, 1931.
Mildred Althea Wilson Helvestine, 1938

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCIDENT-PRONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accident-prone is used in the context of the following news items.
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9 spots on Parsik Hills prone to landslides
... MIDC Road and Uran Junction as accident-prone corridors during monsoon due to low visibility, high density of traffic and speeding vehicles. «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Eleven dead in China building collapse, three missing
And in November, a fire at a coal mine in northeastern China killed 26 workers, in one of the country's most highly accident-prone industries. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
3
'Back To The Future': 30 Years On, Where Are They Now?
Fox was the first choice for the role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future, an accident-prone teenager who flies back thirty years to the school ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
4
Nine Dead in China Building Collapse, Dozens Rescued
And in November, a fire at a coal mine in northeastern China killed 26 workers, in one of the country's most highly accident-prone industries. «Naharnet, Jul 15»
5
Looking at Lohud's most crash-prone roads
In 2014, it was ranked among the 20 most accident-prone segments in the state with more than 10 times the number of crashes of a similar ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»
6
City targets dangerous intersection
With an average of 39,100 cars plowing through every day, Loop 288 at Interstate 35E has been the most accident-prone intersection in the city ... «Denton Record Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Woody's Smokehouse place to go for brisket sandwich
One of the largest roundabouts in the area replaced the accident-prone interchange at Stone's Corner, one of the busiest intersections in the ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
8
Home country: worms and other stuff
He's the most accident-prone guy in the valley. He once got his dad's pickup truck stuck in a mud hole … during a drought. And no one but ... «Messenger Index, Jul 15»
9
BHP's former Billiton spin-off heads South
Something similar has happened at Lonmin, an accident-prone remnant of Tiny Rowland's African empire. Its biggest shareholder, Glencore, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
10
No Accident Day begins with an accidental death | Varanasi NYOOOZ
... and ensure deployment of policemen at all accident-prone black spots for 24 hours from June 30 midnight to avoid any mishap on this day. «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Accident-Prone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/accident-prone>. Apr 2024 ».
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