accident
Something bad that happens suddenly and was not planned, often causing harm or damage.
An unforeseen and unintended event that results in damage, injury, or harm.
Something that happens by chance and was not planned, but is not bad.
An unintended event or occurrence that happens without planning but does not cause harm.
When a small child or pet goes to the toilet in their clothes or on the floor by mistake.
An occasion when a child or animal unintentionally urinates or defecates outside of the toilet or designated place.
Something bad that happens at work without planning, often causing injury or damage.
An unplanned event in a workplace or industrial setting that results in injury, damage, or operational disruption.
- Base: accident
- Plural: accidents
accident waiting to happen
1Likely dangerous situation
A situation that will probably cause trouble or harm if nothing changes.
- That broken step is an accident waiting to happen.
- Leaving candles near paper is an accident waiting to happen.
by accident
1Without intending to do so
Without planning to do it; not on purpose.
- I called you by accident when I pressed the wrong button.
- She spilled coffee on her shirt by accident.
meet with an accident
1Experience harmful event unexpectedly
To have something bad happen to you suddenly, often used for injuries or death.
- He met with an accident on his way home from work.
- Several passengers met with an accident during the storm.
freak accident
1extremely unusual accident
A very strange and rare accident that is not normal and is hard to predict.
- He died in a freak accident while hiking.
- He died in a freak accident at work.
- It was a freak accident that no one could have predicted.
- It was just a freak accident; no one was to blame.
- The news reported a freak accident involving a falling tree.