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unsafely

  • a word derived from safely.
    safely
    adverb
    without harm or injury.
  • a word derived from unsafe.
    unsafe
    adjective
    not free of risk or danger; hazardous.

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The agency said it had identified several incidents in which FSD inputs created traffic-safety violations, including, most commonly, running red lights and changing lanes unsafely, sometimes giving drivers little time to intervene.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

Every group, pro-gun groups included, was averse to interacting with a neighbor who stored guns unsafely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

An organization representing restaurant employees, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, surveyed thousands of workers, many of whom reported "unsafely hot" conditions: 24% of those in Houston, for example, and 37% in Philadelphia.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023

You have the data to identify cars that, for some reason, are being driven wildly unsafely, month after month.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2023

About Tell el-Kabír, the brake-van also waxed unsafely warm; but it reached Zagázig without developing more caloric.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton