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occupational hazard

occupational hazard noun: a substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.

Noun

occupational hazard (plural occupational hazards)

  1. A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.
    • They are the abrasive breed of radio and television personalities, most of them talk-show hosts, who treat their profession as a verbal adjunct to street fighting. . . . Threats and sometimes violence are indeed an occupational hazard.1984 July 9, Richard Lacayo et al., “Show Business: Audiences Love to Hate Them”, in Time
  2. (broadly, figuratively) An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment.
    • The attentions of passionate spinsters were an occupational hazard for all members of the clergy.1988, Susan Howatch, Glittering Images, →ISBN, page 10
    • Today he was going to make a few stops at the rare-book shops in the area—an occupational hazard of his new profession.2008, Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal, →ISBN, page 557

occupational hazard meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

occupational hazard in Tamil

தொழில்வகை இன்னல்

occupational hazard in Kannada

ಔದ್ಯೋಗಿಕ ಅಪಾಯ, ವೃತ್ತಿಗೆ ಅನುಗತವಾಗಿ ಒದಗುವ ಅಪಾಯ

occupational hazard in Indonesian

substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being
bahaya pekerjaan

Examples of occupational hazard in a sentence

  • Asking uncomfortable questions at the most inopportune time is an occupational hazard."2009, Jon Talton, Concrete Desert, →ISBN, page 201:
  • "Student crushes are an occupational hazard.2010, Lisa Gardner, The Neighbor, →ISBN, page 237:

Antonyms of occupational hazard

Forms of occupational hazard

pluraloccupational hazards

Questions about occupational hazard

What does occupational hazard mean?
Occupational hazard means a substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.
What is occupational hazard in Tamil?
Occupational hazard in Tamil is தொழில்வகை இன்னல். See Occupational hazard meaning in Tamil.
How do you use occupational hazard in a sentence?
Asking uncomfortable questions at the most inopportune time is an occupational hazard."
What part of speech is occupational hazard?
Occupational hazard is a noun.
What is the plural of occupational hazard?
The plural of occupational hazard is occupational hazards.

Words near occupational hazard in the dictionary

  1. occupational cancer
  2. occupational crime
  3. occupational crimes
  4. occupational disease
  5. occupational diseases
  6. occupational hazard
  7. occupational hazards
  8. occupational health and safety
  9. occupational hygiene
  10. occupational name
  11. occupational names

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occupational hazard (page history and authors); occupational hazard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occupational hazard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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