Meaning of -in-waiting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Depending on the expected arrival of a result, confirmation, etc.
   morpheme
2. About to happen; bound to happen.
   morpheme
3. Attendant to a royal figure.
   morpheme

Examples

“Throughout her adolescence, authorities... commented that the young mother-in-waiting 'seem[ed] to have very, very high expectations of [her]self,' and... there was no failing to discern in them that slight unmistakable note of approval... and at any rate the future mother felt (for the moment) approved.”

“Choosing such an unqualified person to operate the machine is an accident-in-waiting.”

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