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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 building was deemed temporarily unsafe and is pending a complete structural evaluation.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 9 May 2025
Google says there will be specific guardrails that prevent the chatbot from producing unsafe content.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 6 May 2025
Raymond Detention Center in Hinds County, Miss., has had problems with unsafe conditions for years.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Myrtle Beach—a popular, coastal South Carolina city for snowbirds and locals alike—is firing back against a study ranking it the No. 2 most unsafe beach in the United States.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 9 May 2025
Google says there will be specific guardrails that prevent the chatbot from producing unsafe content.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 6 May 2025
Raymond Detention Center in Hinds County, Miss., has had problems with unsafe conditions for years.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Myrtle Beach—a popular, coastal South Carolina city for snowbirds and locals alike—is firing back against a study ranking it the No. 2 most unsafe beach in the United States.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
Adjective
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Maddison is responsible for dropping deep and pinging passes into dangerous areas, while Kulusevski and Bergvall are excellent ball-carriers.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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In the movie, Cruise’s Ethan Hunt must face his most dangerous enemy yet in the form of an AI known as the Entity.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 May 2025
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Although Hill initially received two tickets for careless driving and not wearing a seat belt, they were dismissed after the officer who cited him didn’t show up to the Miami-Dade traffic hearing.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Of those fires, 90% were caused by careless human activity, the agency said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Heavy trucks still clog roads, and residents worry about toxic dust and soil, and about hazardous waste being dumped into local landfills.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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The Air Quality Index near fireworks often reaches the hazardous level which states everyone should avoid all physical activities outdoors.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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On Sunday, officers arrested the suspect in South San Francisco and booked him into San Mateo County jail on charges of hit-and-run causing injury and reckless evading.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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Many farmers have also come to rely on the subsidies given to farming other crops, which makes scrapping those too quickly also politically risky.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 May 2025
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Meshi specializes in risky decision-making, impulsivity, and PSMU; his co-author and MSU colleague Maria Molina researches misinformation and disinformation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2025
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However, the state remains in one of the most perilous parts of the U.S. coastline for rising sea levels.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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So Far After the duo were able to make it all the way from Jackson to Seattle without incident, the city itself quickly proves perilous.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2025
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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