unsafe

Language: en

🇺🇸 /əˈnseɪf/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not safe; involving or exposing to risk of harm, danger, or injury.; Not reliable or trustworthy; likely to lead to error or failure.; In computing, referring to code or operations that bypass safety checks and may cause undefined behavior or memory corruption.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more unsafe Superlative: most unsafe

Collocations

unsafe conditionsunsafe practicesfeel unsafeunsafe environmentunsafe drivingdeemed unsafe

Derivatives

unsafelyunsafenesssafetysafely

Synonyms

dangeroushazardousriskyperilousinsecureprecarious

Antonyms

safesecure

Commonly confused

insecure
EN: 'Insecure' often refers to a lack of confidence or emotional stability, while 'unsafe' refers to physical danger or risk of harm.
dangerous
EN: 'Dangerous' implies an active threat or source of harm, while 'unsafe' describes a condition or state that lacks safety.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note that 'unsafe' uses 'more/most' for comparison, not '-er/-est'.

💬 Examples

  1. The building was declared unsafe after the earthquake damaged its structural supports.

  2. The witness's testimony was considered unsafe due to multiple contradictions.

  3. The developer marked the function as unsafe because it uses raw pointer manipulation.