ともすると

expression, adverb

apt to; liable to; prone to

Used to describe a tendency or likelihood, often with a negative or undesirable outcome. Common in written and formal spoken Japanese.

• 彼かれはともすると感かん情じょう的てきになりがちだ。

  He is apt to become emotional.

• この問もん題だいはともすると見み過すごされやすい。

  This problem is liable to be overlooked.