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Narrator: Today's word is "Roadworthy" — adjective, pronounced /ˈrəʊdwɜːði/, with the stress on "road".
Narrator: Roadworthy means in a safe and legal condition to be driven on the road.
Narrator: In plain English, a roadworthy car has passed its MOT and is safe to drive.
Narrator: It combines road and worthy, meaning fit for the road.
Narrator: "A roadworthy vehicle" describes a car that is safe and legal to drive.
Narrator: It differs from safe because roadworthy specifically means meeting legal road standards, whereas safe is general.
Narrator: "To keep roadworthy" is a sense meaning maintaining a vehicle so it stays legal to drive.
Narrator: Motoring, law, insurance and vehicle maintenance all rely on the word roadworthy.
Narrator: So remember: roadworthy means fit for the road, from road plus worthy.
Speaker A: What does roadworthy mean?
Speaker B: Fit for the road! ROADWORTHY combines road and worthy, so it means a vehicle is safe and legal to drive.
Speaker A: So it's passed its MOT?
Speaker B: Yes — that's the test in Britain!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A roadworthy vehicle"; "keep roadworthy"; "not roadworthy" — safety, maintenance and failure.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't use roadworthy for people, because it only applies to vehicles.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Safe' the general cousin, 'legal' the rule twin, 'drivable' the everyday alternative. The word keeps its road-ready charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "roadworthy" in AI prompts — useful for motoring apps and insurance tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame a check?
Speaker B: Right. For a motoring app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short checklist for keeping a car roadworthy, naming two items to inspect.
Speaker A: How about an insurance tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a note on why insurers require roadworthy vehicles, naming one consequence of failure.
Speaker A: Could it help with a law bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame rules:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences what makes a vehicle not roadworthy, naming one defect.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a mechanic chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short guide on what an MOT checks for roadworthiness, naming two tests.
Roadworthy — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary