worldproof

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verb

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

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Meanings

verbworldproof (third-person singular simple present worldproofs, present participle worldproofing, simple past and past participle worldproofed)

present singular third person worldproofs · participle present worldproofing · participle past worldproofed · past worldproofed

  1. raretransitiveTo 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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From world + -proof.

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APA

worldproof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldproof

MLA

“worldproof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldproof. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worldproof,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldproof.

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