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as in dangerous
involving potential loss or injury
workers are forbidden from engaging in unsafe activities on company time
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as in careless
not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble
people who have a record of being unsafe drivers usually have to pay higher insurance premiums
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Recent Examples of unsafe
Now, official reports on unsafe driving to the secretary of state’s office can only be made by police and other public safety or medical entities.
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
For a 25-year-old woman forever scarred by an unstable, unsafe household, being taken under Kiki’s wing is everything Simone could’ve hoped for.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Ethical issues arise from sending non-natives to an unsafe region.
—Dan Gooding
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
When something hurts or feels unsafe, your body tenses up to protect you (also known as muscle guarding).
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
For a 25-year-old woman forever scarred by an unstable, unsafe household, being taken under Kiki’s wing is everything Simone could’ve hoped for.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Ethical issues arise from sending non-natives to an unsafe region.
—Dan Gooding
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
When something hurts or feels unsafe, your body tenses up to protect you (also known as muscle guarding).
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
Adjective
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This, in effect, frames even the movie’s unrelated, apolitical happenings as being at the mercy of this dangerous future, backed by Western powers.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Mensah and Bharadwaj take dangerous risks exploring an unknown area while Gurathin confronts Murderbot.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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In August 2023, using the FWC’s report on the crash, prosecutors initially charged Pino with only three counts of misdemeanor careless boating.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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Being a careless jackass but also irresistibly charming is a tough needle to thread.—
Staff Author Published,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Other parts of the southeastern US could see hazardous weather Friday afternoon and evening.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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However, a small portion of them, known as potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), do require close monitoring.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Mark Dial, a former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a motorist during an August 2023 traffic stop, faces up to six years in prison as a jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime, but acquitted him of murder charges.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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The student was taken into custody and transported to the Meriden Police Department where they were charged with first-degree arson, reckless burning, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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Not mentioned in the CIT decision—and likely riskier—is section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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With the use of additional biomarkers and prostate MRI, the diagnosis of men with prostate cancer is more precise and avoids the detection of low-risk indolent prostate cancer and rather focuses on the early detection and effective treatment of more clinically risky prostate cancer.—
Franklin D Gaylis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The first season traces Ellie and Joel’s perilous journey, punctuated by attacks by the infected, the depredations of groups of raiders, and betrayals galore by would-be allies.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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One brother, guided by moral duty, convinces the other to help the mother and join a perilous investigation to find the child.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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