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injury-prone

injury-prone adjective: who is susceptible to injury.

Adjective

injury-prone (comparative more injury-prone, superlative most injury-prone)

  1. Who is susceptible to injury.
    • an injury-prone athlete
  2. Which often leads to injuries.
    • an injury-prone sport

Forms of injury-prone

comparativemore injury-prone
superlativemost injury-prone

Questions about injury-prone

What does injury-prone mean?
Injury-prone means who is susceptible to injury.
What part of speech is injury-prone?
Injury-prone is an adjective.

Words near injury-prone in the dictionary

  1. injury current
  2. injury currents
  3. injury potential
  4. injury potentials
  5. injury time
  6. injury-prone
  7. injurying
  8. injust
  9. injustice
  10. injustice collecting
  11. injustice collection

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