unsafe

/ ʌnˈseɪf /

adjective

1. not safe; perilous

2. (of a criminal conviction) based on inadequate or false evidence

Example Sentences

The 43-year-old mother-of-eight said the family have not been in the house due to its unsafe condition and it's having a "big impact" on them.

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Residents who spoke to the BBC had mostly positive feelings towards the company, and local police say they had no previous reports of unsafe working conditions.

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He has said that cities with Democratic political leadership such as San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles “are very unsafe places and we are going to straighten them out.”

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The city said it passed the ordinance to “advance public safety and prevent retail theft,” citing “hostile and unsafe” conditions.

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Many of the Chagossians are coming from Mauritius because they say they feel unsafe there after the UK government agreed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to the country.

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Related Words

• hazardous 
• perilous 
• risky 
• treacherous 
• uncertain 
• unreliable 
• unsound 
• unstable 
• untrustworthy