injury-prone

idiom

: frequently injured
an athlete who is injury-prone

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On the market, Holmes received a smaller average annual salary ($13 million) than injury-prone starters such as Frankie Montas ($17 million), Alex Cobb ($15) and Matthew Boyd ($14.5 million). Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 Based on how that trade went over, Chisholm should probably avoid dealing Jayson Tatum for an older and more injury-prone player. Jay King, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Best for: Long, steady workouts, and people who are injury-prone or returning from injury. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025 After being tagged as injury-prone earlier in his career, Nimmo has now played in at least 150 games in each of the past three seasons, crediting the plan the trainers put together for him. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for injury-prone

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“Injury-prone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/injury-prone. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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