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Definitions for Unsafe

[1] secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
[2] free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk: to arrive safe and sound.
[3] involving little or no risk of mishap, error, etc.: a safe estimate.
[4] dependable or trustworthy: a safe guide.
[5] careful to avoid danger or controversy: a safe player; a safe play.
[6] denied the chance to do harm; in secure custody: a criminal safe in jail.
[7] Baseball . reaching base without being put out: safe on the throw to first base. making it possible to reach a base: a safe slide.
[8] Informal . in a safe manner; safely: Learn how to drive safe. See Grammar note at adverb.
[9] a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
[10] any receptacle or structure for the storage or preservation of articles: a meat safe.
[11] (in plumbing) a pan for catching leakage. template(def 7) .
[12] Slang . a condom.
[13] play it safe , play(def 85) .
[14] not safe; perilous
[15] (of a criminal conviction) based on inadequate or false evidence
[16] affording security or protection from harm a safe place
[17] (postpositive) free from danger you'll be safe here
[18] secure from risk; certain; sound a safe investment ; a safe bet
[19] worthy of trust; prudent a safe companion
[20] tending to avoid controversy or risk a safe player
[21] unable to do harm; not dangerous a criminal safe behind bars ; water safe to drink
[22] British informal excellent
[23] on the safe side as a precaution
[24] in a safe condition the children are safe in bed now
[25] play safe to act in a way least likely to cause danger, controversy, or defeat
[26] a strong container, usually of metal and provided with a secure lock, for storing money or valuables
[27] a small ventilated cupboard-like container for storing food
[28] US and Canadian a slang word for condom

Words related to Unsafe

safeuncertain, hazardous, treacherous, untrustworthy, unsound, unstable, unreliable, perilous, risky, insecure, alarming, chancy, erratic, explosive, precarious, shaky, slippery, threatening, ticklish, touchy

Words nearby Unsafe

safesafari jacket, safari park, safari shirt, safari suit, safavid, safe, safe and sound, safe area, safe as houses, safe harbor, safe house

Origin of Unsafe

safe1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English sauf, saf < Anglo-French saf, Old French sauf < Latin salvus intact, whole; (noun) late Middle English save, orig. derivative of save1, assimilated to the adj.; cf. salvation

Other words from Unsafe

safe·ly , adverb
safe·ness , noun
qua·si-safe , adjective
qua·si-safe·ly , adverb
su·per·safe , adjective
su·per·safe·ly , adverb
su·per·safe·ness , noun
ul·tra·safe , adjective
un·safe , adjective
un·safe·ly , adverb
un·safe·ness , noun

Word origin for Unsafe

safeC13: from Old French salf, from Latin salvus; related to Latin salus safety

Synonyms for Unsafe

hazardous, perilous, risky, treacherous, uncertain, unreliable, unsound, unstable, untrustworthy, insecure, alarming, chancy, erratic, explosive, fearsome, hanging by a thread, on a limb, on thin ice, precarious, shaky, slippery, threatening, ticklish, touch and go, touchy, undependable