Close and Unsafe

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

Unsafe and close are semantically related in very narrow topic. In some cases you can use "Unsafe" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Unsafe

Unsafe adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.

Close and unsafe are semantically related in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Unsafe", if it concerns topics such as very narrow.

Nearby Word: unsafely

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • The Port in Septimus Heap comes awfully close to this, being a hiring place of pirates and having generally a reputation for being an unsafe place to be in.
  • Fan Fic / Thomas Abridged And then, not only would you have no passengers at all, not only would you be lost a dear and close friend who puts up with your crap far more than he ought to, but you'll also be seeing the backside of a lawsuit for an unsafe working environment and several from the victim's families!
  • Just Plane Wrong Most of the school/practice battles in Top Gun have planes within rock-throwing distance of each other, an astoundingly unsafe situation as well as being too close for missiles, sensors, guns, and engines to work any more.
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