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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What’s more, the government said, the positive sample was discovered in lettuce that wasn’t covered by Taylor’s recall, suggesting there could be additional product that was unsafe to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The European Commission said AliExpress has fallen short of its legal obligations "diligently assess" the risk of illegal, unsafe or fake goods on its platform.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Scientists led by UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography are warning that oxygen is disappearing rapidly from oceans and freshwater systems, potentially pushing the planet into an "unsafe space."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Authorities encouraged New Yorkers to spend as little time outside as possible, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani warning of the "serious threat" of heavy heat and unsafe air.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The law protected workers by making sure they didn’t receive doses of radiation that were unsafe.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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 Darwin, Francis, Sir
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
She had been gone about an hour when a small telegraph boy appeared, and, after boarding the barge in the unsafest manner possible, handed him a telegram.
From Many Cargoes by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
He hired out quite the dirtiest and unsafest bicycles in the whole south of England, and conducted the subsequent discussions with astonishing verve.
From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Intense feeling is apt to build upon a half-truth—the unsafest of all foundations.
From Men in the Making by Shepherd, Ambrose
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