UNSAFE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsafe mean? 

• UNSAFE (adjective)
  The adjective UNSAFE has 3 senses:

1. lacking in security or safety
2. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
3. not safe from attack

  Familiarity information: UNSAFE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSAFE (adjective)

Meaning:

Lacking in security or safety

Synonyms:

unsafe; insecure

Context examples:

his fortune was increasingly insecure / an insecure future

Similar:

unguaranteed; unsecured (without financial security)

embattled (beset with attackers or controversy or conflict)

precarious; shaky (not secure; beset with difficulties)

Also:

vulnerable (susceptible to attack)

dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)

unprotected (lacking protection or defense)

Meaning:

Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

Synonyms:

dangerous; unsafe

Context examples:

a dangerous criminal / a dangerous bridge / unemployment reached dangerous proportions

Similar:

breakneck (moving at very high speed)

treacherous; unreliable (dangerously unstable and unpredictable)

self-destructive; suicidal (dangerous to yourself or your interests)

parlous; perilous; precarious; touch-and-go (fraught with danger)

on the hook (caught in a difficult or dangerous situation)

mordacious (biting or given to biting)

insidious (intended to entrap)

hazardous; risky; wild (involving risk or danger)

harmful (able or likely to do harm)

desperate ((of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair)

chanceful; chancy; dicey; dodgy (of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk)

Also:

vulnerable (susceptible to attack)

insecure; unsafe (lacking in security or safety)

Meaning:

Not safe from attack

Synonyms:

unsafe; insecure

Similar:

vulnerable (susceptible to attack)