ripe for abuse
idiom
: in such bad condition that it could easily be used wrongly
a system that is ripe for abuse
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In May, the council unanimously voted against a contract to extend the camera system over concerns that the technology is creating a surveillance network ripe for abuse.
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Others, however, claim the program is ripe for abuse.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Privacy advocates warned that Recall was ripe for abuse in intimate partner violence settings.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Both nationalities had seen their TPS protection extended during the Biden administration, but Noem and Trump have argued that repeated TPS extensions were attracting people to the United States, creating a system ripe for abuse.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Others, however, claim the program is ripe for abuse.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Privacy advocates warned that Recall was ripe for abuse in intimate partner violence settings.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Both nationalities had seen their TPS protection extended during the Biden administration, but Noem and Trump have argued that repeated TPS extensions were attracting people to the United States, creating a system ripe for abuse.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Ripe for abuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ripe%20for%20abuse. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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