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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Dude....
The word “prone” is UNRELATED to the word “frequent”.
Prone to injury means likely to happen. Frequency has nothing to do with future susceptibility.
It’s a language peeve I’m having with this one.
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I didn't make up the definition of the word phrase:
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injury-prone
: frequently injured
"an athlete who is injury-prone"
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/injury-prone
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injury-prone
(ˈɪndʒərɪˌprəʊn)
adjective
often sustaining injuries
"the most injury-prone rider on the circuit"
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...h/injury-prone
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injury prone
Often sustaining injuries.
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From the academics to the wild west of urban dictionary, the phrase means "frequently injured." Yes, "prone to injury" means likely to happen, but "injury-prone" is an idiom. Like other idioms, you cannot figure out the meaning by just taking the meaning of the individual words and mashing them together.
The more you know.