injury-prone

idiom

: frequently injured
an athlete who is injury-prone

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Maybe this latest reminder that Davis is injury-prone is enough to dissuade the Hawks from doing the wrong thing. Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026 More surprisingly, the injury-prone forward has played every game this season. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Tyson will need to overcome an injury-prone label during the draft process to end up in the first-half of the first round. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026 Rather than playing with a thin — and, thus, more injury-prone — roster, then, schools close shop. Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for injury-prone

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“Injury-prone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/injury-prone. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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