Safe and Unsafe

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Safe

Safe adjective - Not exposed to the threat of loss or injury.
Usage example: the minute the rain started, we looked for a place where we would be safe from a drenching downpour
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Unsafe is an antonym for safe in topics: cautious, harmless, dangerous, not dangerous, free from harm.
Nearby Words: safety, safekeeping, safely

Unsafe

Unsafe adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Usage example: workers are forbidden from engaging in unsafe activities on company time
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Safe is an antonym for unsafe in dangerous topic.
Nearby Word: unsafely
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  • Track Trouble Didi tries to switch the train onto the safe track, but sends it onto the unsafe one instead.
    Source: Track Trouble
  • Teleporter Accident It may be possible to overcome this fail-safe by filling all safe squares with monsters, and randomly teleporting from an unsafe square.
    Source: Teleporter Accident
  • Unsafe Haven Unfortunately, this "safe haven" was really an unsafe haven — a supposedly "safe place" that is either glaringly penetrable or too conspicuous to truly be called safe.
    Source: Unsafe Haven
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