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accidents waiting to happen

accidents waiting to happen is the plural of accident waiting to happen.

Meaning of accident waiting to happen

Noun

accident waiting to happen (plural accidents waiting to happen)

  1. (idiomatic) A thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident.
    • Someone needs to repair that worn-out old bridge. It's an accident waiting to happen!

Questions about accidents waiting to happen

What is accidents waiting to happen the plural of?
Accidents waiting to happen is the plural of accident waiting to happen.

Words near accidents waiting to happen in the dictionary

  1. accidentologist
  2. accidentologists
  3. accidentology
  4. accidents
  5. accidents of birth
  6. accidents waiting to happen
  7. accidents will happen
  8. accidents will happen in the best regulated families
  9. accidia
  10. accidie
  11. accidious

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