accident-prone
adjective
ac·ci·dent-prone
ˈak-sə-dənt-ˌprōn 
-ˌdent-,
ˈaks-dənt-
1
: having a greater than average number of accidents
2
: having personality traits that predispose to accidents
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Some people are more accident-prone than others, but none of us are immune to scrapes, cuts, and other injuries.
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Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
The drive toward peaceful coexistence still looks accident-prone.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
Her accident-prone antics will have your kids laughing for hours on end.
—Carson Blackwelder, Country Living, 24 June 2023
The ability to quickly interchange between different Peak Design SlimLink mounts is obviously the selling point here, though, and as an accident-prone person who frequently switches between cycling and driving myself, I’m certainly intrigued.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 20 June 2023
Dry bag On the off chance your father is both accident-prone and a fan of the ocean, outfit him with a Heeta Dry Bag for his keys, phone and wallet.
—Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 14 June 2023
Her latest, High Time, delves once again into the aristocratic antics of the Trewlawney family, who might have rescued their crumbling country estate but are just as eccentric and accident-prone as ever.
—The Editors, townandcountrymag.com, 1 June 2023
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Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
The drive toward peaceful coexistence still looks accident-prone.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
Her accident-prone antics will have your kids laughing for hours on end.
—Carson Blackwelder, Country Living, 24 June 2023
The ability to quickly interchange between different Peak Design SlimLink mounts is obviously the selling point here, though, and as an accident-prone person who frequently switches between cycling and driving myself, I’m certainly intrigued.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 20 June 2023
Dry bag On the off chance your father is both accident-prone and a fan of the ocean, outfit him with a Heeta Dry Bag for his keys, phone and wallet.
—Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 14 June 2023
Her latest, High Time, delves once again into the aristocratic antics of the Trewlawney family, who might have rescued their crumbling country estate but are just as eccentric and accident-prone as ever.
—The Editors, townandcountrymag.com, 1 June 2023
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First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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accident-prone
adjective1
: having a greater than average number of accidents
2
: having personality traits that predispose to accidents
accident-prone individuals
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