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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
The run and the risks Race engineer Alessandro Tedino warned the attempt would be unsafe if the deck remained wet, citing the need for both maximum traction and peak braking over a very short stopping distance.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
The shocking case dates back to November 2023, when Manchester police got a report of unsafe practices at the Amory Street in-home daycare.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
However, in many cases, including Venezuela, the unsafe conditions persist for years.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that the planes were never at an unsafe distance from each other, per CBS News.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
The shocking case dates back to November 2023, when Manchester police got a report of unsafe practices at the Amory Street in-home daycare.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
However, in many cases, including Venezuela, the unsafe conditions persist for years.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that the planes were never at an unsafe distance from each other, per CBS News.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
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Google is now forcing AI summaries at the top of web searches, which reduce traffic to websites and often provide dangerous misinformation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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The oversimplification of a complex developmental difference that exists on a spectrum of many different abilities and experiences is dehumanizing at best and dangerous at its worst, autism experts, advocacy groups and members of the community told USA TODAY.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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One careless click can expose your information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Tom’s doomed desire for Vivien—and for her vanished twenty-first-century world—shows how people in the future may yearn for the past, though the past itself proves neglectful and careless of the future.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous.—
Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The surf will create hazardous rip currents.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the vehicular homicide charge, Inderjit Singh is facing three counts of reckless endangerment and not having a driver's license.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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Salmo now faces a slate of charges, including second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, riot, and obstructing and hindering a police officer.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Traveling with expensive jewelry is risky for several reasons.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sky-high valuations and potentially risky circular relationships in the industry have also raised flags for investors.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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These currents vary in speed and can swiftly become perilous for anyone venturing into the surf.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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What was trendy yesterday is now perilous, or potentially so.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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