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disaster waiting to happen

noun

Etymology

Attested 1940s, apparently modeled after accident waiting to happen.

Definitions

  1. Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disaster waiting to happen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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