injury-prone

idiom

: frequently injured
an athlete who is injury-prone

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Up front, Williams is injury-prone and Maluach is raw, but Nick Richards and Oso Ighodaro are still around for depth. John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Casas has potential, but is injury-prone. Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Chiefs general manager Brett Veach compared Mitchell, who gained 963 rushing yards as a rookie in 2021, to another former injury-prone San Francisco 49ers running back, Jerick McKinnon, who had success with the Chiefs. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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