unsafe
Britishadjective
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not safe; perilous
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(of a criminal conviction) based on inadequate or false evidence
Example Sentences
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One in five houses, built during Soviet times, has been deemed by the state to be unsafe.
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Council chairman Edward Harris resigned the whip last month after it emerged he had been illegally running two unsafe rental properties.
From BBC
But Jane, from Cambridge, says she is giving up driving at night because the feeling of being "dazzled" by other vehicles has left her feeling unsafe.
From BBC
In Granite: So many gawkers visited the abandoned house used in the climactic ending of “The Blair Witch Project” that the state eventually demolished the structure, saying it was too unsafe.
Rangers in the Highlands recorded thousands of incidents of outdoor toileting, hundreds of unsafe fires and an increase in fly-tipping last summer, according to a new report.
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