Meaning of unsafe in English
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Classifying Adjective
unsafeDefinitions
1. not safe from attackSynonyms
Qualitative Adjective
unsafeDefinitions
1. lacking in security or safetyExamples
- « his fortune was increasingly insecure »
- « an insecure future »
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- 2. involving or causing danger or risk
Examples
- « liable to hurt or harm »
- « a dangerous criminal »
- « a dangerous bridge »
- « unemployment reached dangerous proportions »
Synonyms
- breakneck
- chancy
- chanceful
- dicey
- dodgy
- desperate
- harmful
- hazardous
- risky
- venturesome
- venturous
- insidious
- mordacious
- on the hook(p)
- parlous
- perilous
- precarious
- touch-and-go
- self-destructive
- suicidal
- treacherous
- unreliable
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