unsafe

/ənˈseɪf/

/ənˈseɪf/

Other forms: unsafely; unsafest

Definitions of unsafe

1. adjective

   lacking in security or safety
   synonyms: insecure

   unprotected

   lacking protection or defense

   dangerous

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

   precarious, shaky

   not secure; beset with difficulties

   unguaranteed, unsecured

   without financial security

   vulnerable

   susceptible to attack
2. adjective

   involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
   synonyms: dangerous

   breakneck

   moving at very high speed

   chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgy

   of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

   desperate

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

   hazardous, risky, wild

   involving risk or danger

   insidious

   intended to entrap

   mordacious

   biting or given to biting

   on the hook

   caught in a difficult or dangerous situation

   parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go

   fraught with danger

   self-destructive, suicidal

   dangerous to yourself or your interests

   treacherous, unreliable

   dangerously unstable and unpredictable

   insecure

   lacking in security or safety

   vulnerable

   susceptible to attack
3. adjective

   not safe from attack
   synonyms: insecure

   vulnerable

   susceptible to attack