injury-prone

idiom

: frequently injured
an athlete who is injury-prone

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Rather than playing with a thin — and, thus, more injury-prone — roster, then, schools close shop. Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025 The work is exhausting, repetitive, and injury-prone. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025 Fullkrug is injury-prone, Todibo, Mavropanos and Kilman are inconsistent, Guilherme is an unproven young prospect, while Summerville has shown glimpses of his quality. Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025 Casas has potential, but is injury-prone. Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 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 19 Dec. 2025.

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