unsafe
Americanadjective
adjective
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not safe; perilous
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(of a criminal conviction) based on inadequate or false evidence
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"The club's firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe," City said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
City have claimed the commission's decision contained "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the real question is do we force them to stop releasing unsafe models.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The senior FAA official said the outcome of the agency’s probe could affect the plane’s certification if regulators determine the glitch amounts to an unsafe condition that needs to be addressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
It seemed increasingly unsafe to keep going up in these conditions.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
I knew I was on unsafe ground, but it proves far unsafer than I had thought.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
In a word, tourism, especially in Charleston, erstwhile “Best City” in America, and north along the coast to Myrtle Beach — now among the unsafest places in the United States and, therefore, the world.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2020
It is generally agreed that the U. S. is one of the unsafest places in the civilized world to have a baby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Intense feeling is apt to build upon a half-truth—the unsafest of all foundations.
From Men in the Making by Ambrose Shepherd
The unsafest and the most unsatisfactory evidence in this world is evidence of conversation.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Robert Green Ingersoll
Few and simple as these were, they were sufficient to furnish a safe conduct of life even through the unsafest days of the most unsettled period of our nation's history.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
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