Definition of "occupational hazard" []

• A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession. (noun)
• An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment. (noun)

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• "Squirrelly tides and winds are an occupational hazard for island biogeographers in the Gulf of California, as are some other forms of bad weather and stormy luck."
• "Anxiety-driven weight gain is an occupational hazard of the intuitive, spatial thinker."
• "Coming to view the world as divided into two groups, Us and The Assholes, was an occupational hazard in law enforcement."