Synonyms for unsafe
un·safe

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1. insecure, unsafeadjective

   lacking in security or safety

   "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

   Synonyms:
   insecure, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

2. dangerous, unsafeadjective

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

   "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

   Synonyms:
   serious, insecure, severe, life-threatening, dangerous, grievous, grave

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

3. insecure, unsafeadjective

   not safe from attack

   Synonyms:
   insecure, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

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1. in the firing line

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

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1. unsafeadjective

   Synonyms:
   dangerous, perilous, hazardous, insecure, RISKY, full of risk

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1. unsafeadjective

   Synonyms:
   insecure, risky, perilous, dangerous, hazardous, imperiled, precarious

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1. List of paraphrases for "unsafe":

   insecure, dangerous, hazardous, insecurity, uncertain, non-secure, precarious, nonsecure, unsanitary, unsure, unhealthy, risky, safe, unsecure, unreliable, unsecured

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1. Ron Johnson:

   Specifically, unaccompanied children have been forced to work in unsafe conditions, miss school and become the victims of sexual predators after being dispersed by the U.S. government throughout the country.

2. Andrew Linder:

   I had no antibodies whatsoever. That was shocking and scary and sucky for sure, i almost feel just as unsafe or if not potentially a little bit more unsafe now than at the beginning of the pandemic, just for the fact that I could get it at this point in time.

3. Kaillie Humphries:

   I was courageous enough to stand up and say I felt unsafe, and as [ with ] most athletes in that environment, they're usually not believed, not trusted and shoved aside.

4. Elizabeth Shultz:

   The message that they're trying to send to the second graders is exactly the mixed messages that adults are having to deal with, which is we feel unsafe out in the streets now because of the entire ‘defund the police’ movement that has led to less police presence, but now the police are being blamed for it. So it's this contradiction that is basically very manipulative -- and it's so inappropriate for second graders to have to grapple with this.

5. Ted Wheeler:

   We have continuously witnessed unsanctioned camping in clearly unsafe locations, sometimes jarringly close to reads and freeways. You don't need to be a traffic engineer to sense that's not safe.