worldproof

verb

worldproof

verb

Etymology From world + -proof.

1

Rare To make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.

  • So, since you can't kidproof the world, you do your best to worldproof the kid.2012, Carlo Rotella, Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories, page 114:
  • Their task was a remarkable one: to world-proof the inventory of the military. To make sure that objects didn't stop working whenever they moved.2019, Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire:

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