worldproof en · VERB
Etymology
From world + -proof.
Meanings
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(rare, transitive) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| worldproofs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| worldproofed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| worldproofed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| worldproofing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |