strike-prone

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• prone — adjective 1 likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful (+ to): Some plants are prone to a particular disease. (prone to do sth): Kids are all prone to eat junk food. | strike prone/accident prone etc: I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• liable, likely, apt, prone —    All four indicate probability, but they carry distinctions worth noting. Apt is better reserved for general probabilities ( It is apt to snow in January ) and likely for specific ones ( It is likely to snow today ). Liable and prone are better …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• liable, likely, apt, prone —    All four indicate probability, but they carry distinctions worth noting. Apt is better reserved for general probabilities ( It is apt to snow in January ) and likely for specific ones ( It is likely to snow today ). Liable and prone are better …   Dictionary of troublesome word

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