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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attractive nuisance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a hazardous condition or object that is likely to attract children and may lead to injury.
Example: "The abandoned swimming pool was deemed an attractive nuisance, as it posed a significant risk to neighborhood children."
Alternatives: "dangerous attraction" or "hazardous allure".
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attractive nuisance
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.
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(Thanks to Pixabay) Credit cards are designed with much deliberation as attractive nuisance - an object that attracts but hurts gullible trespassers - as consumers wander into spending money they do not have and might not have in the foreseeable future.
"So it's an attractive nuisance".
He is made to sound like a very attractive nuisance.
Will it be an attractive nuisance?' " Mr. Freedman said.
He was an observer at best, a bad influence or an attractive nuisance at worst.
"If you collect all that data, it becomes an attractive nuisance.
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After a number of attempts using several different key terms in her queries, the attorney selects the "Related Materials" option that subsequently provides access to the spectrum of "attractive nuisance -related documenuisance -related
Some owners of tornado shelters have had to lock them up because they've become "attractive nuisances" in the legal jargon, serving as venues for pot parties, etc. Better option is the "safe room" interior to the house that is used daily or frequently for other purposes.
Whether condos or apartments or immense housing tracts, the land is being covered with bedrooms and concrete, creating attractive nuisances for more people to move to an area rapidly diminishing in the amenities so many once found attractive.
Our hypothesis is that the under 21 ordinance also resulted in changes to travel behavior, where prior to the ordinance, the campus bar culture constituted an 'attractive nuisance', attracting a volatile mix of college students and nonlocals of all ages.
Brendan Eich, the creator of the JavaScript programming language and the current chief technology officer at Mozilla, does not think very highly of it: "It serves as a literal 'attractive nuisance' and a cautionary tale from an era when browser market share was unbalanced, and unwise innovations could become de-facto requirements without a standard process," he said.
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