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English adjective: unsafe | |||
| 1. | unsafe lacking in security or safety | ||
| Samples | His fortune was increasingly insecure. An insecure future. | ||
| Synonyms | insecure | ||
| Similar | precarious, shaky, unguaranteed, unsecured | ||
| See also | dangerous, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable | ||
| Antonyms | secure | ||
| 2. | unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | ||
| Samples | A dangerous criminal. A dangerous bridge. Unemployment reached dangerous proportions. | ||
| Synonyms | dangerous | ||
| Similar | breakneck, chanceful, chancy, desperate, dicey, dodgy, hazardous, insidious, mordacious, on the hook, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, self-destructive, suicidal, touch-and-go, treacherous, unreliable, wild | ||
| See also | insecure, unsafe, vulnerable | ||
| Antonyms | safe | ||
| 3. | unsafe not safe from attack | ||
| Synonyms | insecure | ||
| Similar | vulnerable | ||
| Antonyms | invulnerable | ||
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