pronest

Adjective

prone (comparative proner or more prone, superlative pronest or most prone)

1. Lying face-down.
   • prone position

   Synonyms:

   prostrate, pronated, neveling, nuel

   Antonyms:

   supine

2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
   • The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.

   Synonyms:

   pronated

3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
4. Shooting from a position while lying down.
5. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).
   • prone to failure

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