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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
With recent heavy rainfall, conditions may remain unsafe as runoff continues to affect coastal waters, according to Fox Weather.
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The model also shows better compliance with safety constraints, such as avoiding unsafe object handling.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Above 6 inches is the danger zone where roads become unsafe for most passenger vehicles.
—Dominic Boyer, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
The core issue is that memory management in these systems is difficult and often leads to memory-unsafe firmware code on production devices.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The model also shows better compliance with safety constraints, such as avoiding unsafe object handling.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Above 6 inches is the danger zone where roads become unsafe for most passenger vehicles.
—Dominic Boyer, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
The core issue is that memory management in these systems is difficult and often leads to memory-unsafe firmware code on production devices.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
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Police on Friday closed Kensington Gardens, a central London park visited by thousands of tourists and local residents every day, after a group that Israel has linked to Iran posted a video claiming Israel’s nearby London embassy was going to be attacked with drones carrying dangerous substances.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Portage police added that while some students play the game safely using brightly colored water guns, others have created dangerous situations that can trigger panic.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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An elevated matching set There’s a fine line between comfortable and careless.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Photos shared by the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office showed the hazardous road conditions as well as the aftermath of the collisions.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Most hazardous leaks are caused by third-party digging.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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He was taken into custody and transported to Norwalk police headquarters, where he was charged with two counts of criminal attempt at assault on a police officer, two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and first-degree threatening.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Throughout Orbán’s re-election campaign, the media controlled by his governing Fidesz party depicted Magyar as a reckless enemy of peace, bent on dragging Hungary into the war in neighboring Ukraine.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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However, travel into Port-au-Prnce by air remains risky.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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Nobody wants to be the person who approved the risky idea that failed.—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The bloc doesn’t have a mechanism to expel a wayward member, but Western diplomats told me that brazen electoral theft would inaugurate a perilous new era.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Four astronauts are preparing for a perilous return through Earth's atmosphere to make a splashdown near California and put the finishing touches on a moon-circling mission that will etch their names in history.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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