unsafe
/ʌnˈseɪf/
unsafe adjective: not safe (various senses); dangerous.
Adjective
unsafe (comparative more unsafe or unsafer, superlative most unsafe or unsafest)
- Not safe (various senses); dangerous.
- For much the same reasons that safe languages are preferred over unsafe languages, these powerful---but unsafe---capabilities in Java should be restricted.2015 October, Luis Mastrangelo et al., “Use at your own risk: the Java unsafe API in the wild”, in ACM SIGPLAN Notices, volume 50, number 10, →DOI
- "RMT has made it clear that our members have a right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions, and the union will be closely monitoring the situation. [...]"2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, pages 7–8
Verb
unsafe (third-person singular simple present unsafes, present participle unsafing, simple past and past participle unsafed)
unsafe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
unsafe in Hindi
- unsafe, hazardous, dangerous
- असुरक्षित asurakṣit
unsafe in Tamil
- பாதுகாப்பற்ற
unsafe in Urdu
- غیردرست, نامحفوظ
unsafe in Bengali
- অনিরাপদ
More languagesFewer languages
- unsafe in Telugu
- అసురక్షితం, భద్రత లేనిది
- unsafe in Malayalam
- ഭദ്രമല്ലാത്ത, സുരക്ഷിതമല്ലാത്ത, ആപത്കരം, അപായകരം
- unsafe in Kannada
- ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಲ್ಲದ, ಅರಕ್ಷಿತ
- unsafe in Punjabi
- ਗ਼ੈਰ-ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ
- unsafe in Gujarati
- અસુરક્ષિત, બિનસુરક્ષા, બિનસુરક્ષાત્મક
- unsafe in Nepali
- असुरक्षित
Examples of unsafe in a sentence
- They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.
- The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness made it unsafe to ride on through the wilderness.
- Saying skydiving is unsafe because it's dangerous and then saying it's dangerous because it's unsafe is diallelous.
Synonyms of unsafe
Forms of unsafe
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unsafe |
| comparative | unsafer |
| superlative | most unsafe |
| superlative | unsafest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unsafes |
| present participle | unsafing |
| past participle | unsafed |
| past | unsafed |
Origin of unsafe
From un- (not) + safe.
From un- (reversive prefix) + safe.
Words formed from unsafe
Words that rhyme with unsafe
Questions about unsafe
- What does unsafe mean?
- Unsafe means not safe (various senses); dangerous.
- What is unsafe in Hindi?
- Unsafe in Hindi is असुरक्षित (asurakṣit). See Unsafe meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unsafe?
- Unsafe can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce unsafe?
- Unsafe is pronounced /ʌnˈseɪf/.
Words near unsafe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unsafe (page history and authors); असुरक्षित (Hindi) (page history and authors); unsafe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsafe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsafe (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unsafe (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unsafe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unsafe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsafe (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unsafe (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unsafe (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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