Antonyms for unsafe


Grammar : Adj
Spell : seyf
Phonetic Transcription : seɪf


Definition of unsafe

Origin :
  • 1590s, "involving risk or danger," from un- (1) "not" + safe (adj.).
  • adj dangerous
Example sentences :
  • Two at least have suffered demolition, and one is now closed as unsafe.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • It is unsafe to establish dates for first discoveries, or for first settlements.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • To venture back to Dublin would have been unsafe on every account.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • What she longed to say was, "Why do you keep it there if it is so unsafe?"
  • Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
  • I was ahead of John, picking the way; and I found, to my cost, that the way was unsafe.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
  • Donkin's position in the forecastle was distinguished but unsafe.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • "And even now my life is unsafe as if I were their enemy," said Belarab, mournfully.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • Thus it is that the book before us is an unsafe guide on that point.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various
  • We would have struck a blow with the axe and declared it unsafe.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • We are left in ignorance; and conjecture, though tempting, is unsafe.
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for unsafe

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