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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
As a solution to unsafe conditions in hospitals, many Black women are opting to have midwives and doulas as part of their birth team.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
In April 2023, Blue Island leveled another complaint against the nonprofit asking a judge to declare the property in violation of the city’s building codes, dangerous, unsafe and abandoned, court records show.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The Mexican restaurant was given a yellow placard for having unsafe methods of cooling food.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
That doesn’t mean much for Galaxy S20 users left with a functioning, but potentially unsafe, phone.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
In April 2023, Blue Island leveled another complaint against the nonprofit asking a judge to declare the property in violation of the city’s building codes, dangerous, unsafe and abandoned, court records show.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The Mexican restaurant was given a yellow placard for having unsafe methods of cooling food.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
That doesn’t mean much for Galaxy S20 users left with a functioning, but potentially unsafe, phone.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsafe
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Harvard-Westlake, last year’s Division 1 runner-up, is still dangerous with sophomore pitcher Justin Kirchner (7-0) and junior center fielder James Tronstein.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Activists have criticized clearing acres of trees, said that a firing range on campus could be dangerous and that the project would change the Matthews campus’ culture for the worse.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
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Sauter pleaded no contest to several charges, including vehicular homicide and careless operation of a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license resulting in death.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy wasted a superb opening round with two careless double bogeys leaving him seven shots behind.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Emmet Pierson, president of Community Builders, has said that rampant crime in the area has been a deterrent for customers and created hazardous working conditions for the store’s employees.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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And like the previous trials, the intense tests served an important purpose—in this case, making sure the shields coating LIFE habitat modules will withstand any hazardous micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) impacts.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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An arrest warrant was obtained for Lacy for negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Torres is charged with arson and reckless endangerment, according to the FDNY.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Most cryptocurrency education is either overly basic or intended to encourage new investors to make risky trades without a clear plan.—
Kody Boye,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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This shift has become more apparent over the last two years, as some venture capital investors have moved their focus from riskier early-stage startups to later-stage companies that are more established, according to insiders.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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The original film tells the story of a perilous trip undertaken by Hikari 109, a high-speed, first-generation bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Hakata.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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Albi opened in early 2020, a perilous time for any new business to kick off.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Unsafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsafe. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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