accident prone
Always getting hurt
Accident prone describes someone who seems to have more than their share of mishaps—the person who always trips, spills, or breaks things.
The term suggests an inherent tendency rather than bad luck: She's so accident prone, we don't let her near the good china.
It can also describe situations or environments where accidents happen frequently.
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- two left feetInability to dance
- bull in a china shopClumsy person causing damage
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- hazardSource of potential harm
disaster waiting to happen · stumble · trip and fall · trip · fall · bruise · bandage · scrape · klutz · butterfingers · mishap · oops · injury · disaster · fumble · slip · collision · crash
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- klutzesklutz, clutz, butterfingers, fumbler, bumbler
- unfortunatesvictims, unfortunate, wretch, poor soul, lost soul
- bloopersbloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes
physical coordination and safety
accident pronegraceful
Elegant in movement
coordinated · nimble · agile · lithe · dexterous
accident, prone, accidents, accidental, accidentally, proneness