prone
adjective
having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable.
proneness
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a word derived from
prone.
Example Sentences
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"We find it highly unlikely that segmented filamentous bacteria is the only gut microbe capable of impacting the phenotype of alveolar macrophages, and consequently, proneness to respiratory virus infection," Gewirtz said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
He surveyed 52 patients who had suffered either mild, moderate or severe TBI, finding that the presence and severity of head trauma predicted levels of boredom proneness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
We should buck commercial considerations to the extent that we can and give the candidates’ competing visions of government as much scrutiny as their competing talents for quips or proneness to gaffes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2019
Fitness remains a concern for the 34-year-old, with his combative style hardly conducive to a player of such injury proneness.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016
Mrs. Quale gave the explanation, interlarding it with a sharp reprimand at their proneness to think ill of 'their own flesh and blood,' and James Dunn sat down meekly in glad repentance.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
