Audience-proof
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a play, etc.: resistant to negative responses from the audience; popular with everybody.
"To fill in her time she wrote a three-act play which was produced at the Arts Theatre. It did not set the Thames on fire. "Of course," she admitted, "it was my fault for not writing an audience-proof play. […]"
Example
More examples"To fill in her time she wrote a three-act play which was produced at the Arts Theatre. It did not set the Thames on fire. "Of course," she admitted, "it was my fault for not writing an audience-proof play. […]"
Etymology
From audience + -proof.
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