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attractive nuisance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
at-trac-tive nui-sance
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the legal area of torts, a hazardous object or condition that is likely to attract children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object or condition, and to whom the landowner can therefore be held liable for injuries.

Inflected Forms

attractive nuisances (plural)

Questions

What does attractive nuisance mean?
In the legal area of torts, a hazardous object or condition that is likely to attract children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object or condition, and to whom the landowner can therefore be held liable for injuries.

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