Precarious
Safe
Safe adjective - Providing safety.
Usage example: we tried to find a safe place to hide our valuables while we went swimming
Precarious is an antonym for safe.
Both words in one sentence
- However, because Programming is traditionally the most precarious of departments, people who work there have a tendency to play things as safe as possible.
- Movies about neo-Nazis/skinheads - especially those with the skinheads as the protagonists - often drift toward (at least as much as is safe) or away from invoking the trope; needless to say, it's a precarious tightrope to walk.
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Apparently convection from a precarious position is enough to make metal melt and bend, and clothes ignite, but if you make it to solid ground you're safe even if you're closer to the lava now than you were while up on the ladder.
Source: Convection Schmonvection
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