English adjective: fail-safe | |||
1. | fail-safe guaranteed not to fail | ||
Samples | A fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle. | ||
Similar | secure | ||
Antonyms | unsafe, insecure | ||
2. | fail-safe eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction | ||
Samples | A fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident. | ||
Similar | safe | ||
Antonyms | dangerous, unsafe | ||
English noun: fail-safe | |||
1. | fail-safe (artifact) a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mechanism | ||