Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise it would be called sure-thing-taking. From LearnThat.org. [Tim McMahon]
A child prone to mischief. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It doesn't act like being drama prone is all a "girl thing.". From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: "Rissy, 90% of the things you worry about never come to pass."--Grandpa] Reference
As a shooter shoots in prone position you can actually see a shockwave travel down there body to their feet and back up. From Wordnik.com. [No B.S.] Reference
Saturday night I watched a Gentleman who used a Military 1 ¼ perfectly in prone position to take a Cow Elk at 300 yards. From Wordnik.com. [Why Americans Can't Shoot] Reference
Mike Anti of Winterville, N.C., also qualified for Athens by finishing second in prone rifle with a score of 1,996.6, more than two points behind Emmons. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hit the target, win a trip to Athens] Reference
Emmons was the 2002 world champion in prone rifle, and won four individual NCAA rifle championships — three in smallbore rifle, one in air rifle — at Alaska-Fairbanks. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Emmons qualifies for third Olympic event] Reference
Also, it’s a pretty subjective term prone to misinterpretation, and that’s not helpful either. From Wordnik.com. [Famiglietti Strikes Again « Climate Audit] Reference
Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller said Faith Finley had been held in what is known as the prone restraint. From Wordnik.com. [REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio] Reference
"Active river channels and those perennially identified as prone to mudslides should also be avoided," it said. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Accident-prone is my middle name. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight Lexicon » Evening News] Reference
Truly, the word "prone" might be an understatement -- objectively speaking, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Stephanie Gertler: Taking Chances at Forever] Reference
Based upon Stokely Carmichael's remark that the position of women in SNCC was "prone," they accused the black men in SNCC of misogyny. From Wordnik.com. [Going Old South On Obama: Ma and Pa Clinton Flog Uppity Black Man] Reference
You know when you're in isolation—William James talks about this in The Varieties Of Religious Experience—you're kind of prone to it. From Wordnik.com. [Stochastic Tuesday] Reference
He's also homer prone, meaning Carlos Pena could have some fun Saturday night. From Wordnik.com. [DRaysBay] Reference
He admitted to being "prone" to making bad decisions, but said he was "exhausted" by a life of crime. From Wordnik.com. [Cincinnati.Com - All Local News] Reference
I'm also assuming that Torres hasn't lost pace and is not injury prone which is quite a big assumption. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Ouch! Blog] Reference
The same civil rights movement that declared - as Stokely Carmichael did - that the position of the woman in the revolution is "prone"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Grapevines crave water but are also prone to root rot. From Wordnik.com. [Vins D'angleterre?] Reference
We all know that we're prone to being used by "sources.". From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
Duck loop: A lousy golfer prone to hitting balls into ponds. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzwords] Reference
The dismal parts of Baghdad are still prone to bombs and crime. From Wordnik.com. [Diplomatic Diary: Bush's Good-News Agenda] Reference
It's got a dry climate, cold winters and is prone to earthquakes. From Wordnik.com. [A Province That Works] Reference
Peru seems particularly prone to embracing such untested figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Caudillo] Reference
Though self-effacing and not prone to speechifying, Marshall used a few basic maxims. From Wordnik.com. [The Plan And The Man] Reference
Then again, Rupert Murdoch, Gore's guest of the day, was hardly someone prone to anonymity. From Wordnik.com. [How's He Doin'?] Reference
Nazarbayev has his list of reasons: Almaty is earthquake-prone, the air is cleaner in Astana. From Wordnik.com. [A Leader's Legacy] Reference
His security for ces, mostly ethnic Tutsis from eastern Zaire and Rwanda, are increasingly prone to robbery. From Wordnik.com. [An African Big Man In Trouble] Reference
Runniness: Stewart's paint was more prone to rippling down the wall, so it requires more care in application. From Wordnik.com. [Of Walls And Wanting] Reference
They tend to drop out of high school, go on the dole and are prone to lives of poverty, frustration and disorder. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened to Family Values?] Reference
The Teamsters, meanwhile, want the veep to help banish the federal monitors who oversee the corruption-prone union. From Wordnik.com. [A War Over Who Controls The Left] Reference
And since there are bigger Austrian resorts in even more avalanche-prone areas, Galtor wasn't high on the government's priority list. From Wordnik.com. [Death In The Alps] Reference
He has come to deliver formal speeches with confidence and poise, quite different from his normal clumsy, gaffe-prone speaking style. From Wordnik.com. [A Vision, And Little Else] Reference
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