unsafety
unsafety noun: lack of safety; insecurity.
Noun
unsafety (uncountable)
- Lack of safety; insecurity.
- [When] private men begin once to presume to give law to themselves, and to right their own wrongs, no man can foresee the dangers and inconveniences that may arise and multiply thereupon. It may cause sudden storms in Court, to the disturbance of his Majesty, and unsafety of his person.1613, Francis Bacon, “A.D. 1613, July–December. Ætat. 53. The Charge of Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, His Majesty’s Attorney-General, Touching Duels; […].”, in James Spedding, editor, The Works of...
- This sense of unsafety and instability is at the heart of the books.2013, John Lancaster, “When did you get hooked?”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7
Verb
unsafety (third-person singular simple present unsafeties, present participle unsafetying, simple past and past participle unsafetied)
- To remove the safety on a device, such as a weapon.
- Nathan had been lying; he'd never unsafetied the rifle.2010, A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set: Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, The Stone Monkey, page 622
Antonyms of unsafety
Forms of unsafety
| third-person singular present | unsafeties |
|---|---|
| present participle | unsafetying |
| past participle | unsafetied |
| past | unsafetied |
Origin of unsafety
From un- + safety.
Questions about unsafety
- What does unsafety mean?
- Unsafety means lack of safety; insecurity.
- What part of speech is unsafety?
- Unsafety can be a noun or a verb.
Words near unsafety in the dictionary
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