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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
Domestic media seek to portray the U.S. as unsafe, especially for Asians, by highlighting incidents of racial discrimination, violence, and disorder.
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
The result is chaotic, often unsafe environments that drive away those seeking recovery and offer no real path out of homelessness.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
And California’s largest private facility, the Adelanto Detention Center, owned by the GEO Group, recently resumed business, after the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over unsafe conditions during the pandemic.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Local breakfast restaurant cited for flies, unsafe food Kitchen 15, 1630 K St. in Sacramento, was cited for four food violations on Thursday, June 5.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
The result is chaotic, often unsafe environments that drive away those seeking recovery and offer no real path out of homelessness.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
And California’s largest private facility, the Adelanto Detention Center, owned by the GEO Group, recently resumed business, after the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over unsafe conditions during the pandemic.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Local breakfast restaurant cited for flies, unsafe food Kitchen 15, 1630 K St. in Sacramento, was cited for four food violations on Thursday, June 5.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
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While use of chrysotile asbestos was on the decline, the dangerous mineral has lingered in various gaskets, brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes and linings, other vehicle friction products, and some diaphragms used to make sodium hydroxide and chlorine.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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He was found guilty of corruption, and he should have been considered a dangerous criminal.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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State troopers cited the truck driver who caused the crash, a 57-year-old Texas man, for careless driving causing injury, according to the agency.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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Edmund Richard Hartley, 31, the yacht captain towing Adler and another girl, was charged with four counts of careless boating, including one count for not having a lookout to keep an eye on the girls.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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What To Know There are currently no major wildfires reported in the areas, but officials warned that hazardous conditions could rapidly change this status.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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The attempts to reach the group were not successful because of the hazardous conditions, so a boat was deployed to rescue the group, troopers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2025
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People often stereotype crypto investors as reckless, young, or greedy.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Immigration reform was one of Trump’s most popular campaign platforms, but enough with his reckless and incoherent policy shifts.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and military officials must know that attacking U.S. targets would be very risky and would lead to a significant response that would likely be even more damaging than Israel’s latest attacks – including putting a potential deal over its nuclear program at risk.—
Javed Ali,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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In a way, staying close to the game is the safest route, even if the story itself is more risky.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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Actually using tariffs to finance a big chunk of the federal government would be a painful and perilous undertaking, budget wonks say.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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Yet the prevailing winds are those of geopolitical rivalry and division, turning our greatest global commons into an increasingly contested and perilous domain.—
Sturla Henriksen,
Time,
5 June 2025
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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