VIOLABLE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

violable

adjective

Definition of violable

as in unsafe

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Adjective

Both recalls have caused alarm among consumers who fear some produce is unsafe to consume, or who no longer trust the systems designed to keep the nation's food supply safe.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
The adoption problem is already solved, but the literacy problem is invisible because admission is professionally unsafe.

— Nohar Zmora, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsafe

Adjective

And while global child mortality data for 2025 won’t be available for several months, health officials are already bracing for a surge in deaths among the world’s youngest and most vulnerable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
District leaders warned that the move could leave CPS vulnerable to midyear cuts if the money doesn’t materialize.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of vulnerable

Adjective

Simpson was subsequently found liable in a civil case where the burden of proof was lower.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Measures that would affect Meta’s algorithm would probably violate the 1st Amendment and Section 230, which protects platforms for being legally liable for content posted by its users.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of liable

Adjective

Those with preexisting conditions are most susceptible to serious illness from Vibrio vulnificus, the Louisiana Health Department said.

— Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Although the precise mechanisms remain incompletely understood, evidence indicates that exposure to components of tick saliva stimulates the production of IgE antibodies against alpha-gal in susceptible individuals.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of susceptible

Adjective

The City of Ripon is moving forward with an ordinance aimed at protecting an endangered species by prohibiting people from feeding feral cats and stray animals on public property.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Nature as environment, as landscape, as a force beyond the rational, and as a place where beauty and a primeval absence of bad intentions come together, has become either a commodity or an endangered space.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of endangered

Adjective

That lawsuit names coho salmon, spotted owls, as well as a threatened seabird, the marbled murrelet, which lives largely out at sea but returns to old-growth coastal trees to nest, as species threatened by the change.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Grizzly bears are considered a threatened species in Alberta.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of threatened

Adjective

The reversal comes amid economic uncertainties making workers feel insecure about their financial footing and their futures, analysts said.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
At one presentation, two researchers from Kumio revealed that 39 parental monitoring apps—serving more than 36 million children—were storing sensitive data on a single, insecure server.

— Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of insecure

Adjective

Nearly 40% of Mount Pinos, lodgepole chipmunk, an imperiled subspecies of the lodgepole chipmunk, also live in roadless areas in California.

— Mariah Meek, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
There are many issues in the last year that show the commission needs a change at the top, including the Florida black bear hunt and the recent failure of the commissioners to fully, completely and finally stop the capture of wild imperiled and threatened marine life for exhibit.

— Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026

Definition of imperiled

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