unsafeadjective
uk/ʌnˈseɪf/us/ʌnˈseɪf/unsafe adjective (IN DANGER)
C1 not safe
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Unsafe and insecure
- at stake idiom
- be on the line idiom
- day
- endangered
- exposed
- in the firing line idiom
- indefensible
- insecure
- jeopardy
- precarious
- shadow
- shaky
- sketchy
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- unattended
- unbalanced
- unguarded
- unstable
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unsafe adjective (LAW)
UK specialized law An unsafe conviction (= legal decision that someone is guilty) may be wrong because it is based on bad evidence:
an unsafe conviction/verdict
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Uncertainty
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- debatable
- definite maybe
- dispute
- joker
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind
- kind of idiom
- kinda
- knife edge
- razor
- shade
- tenuous
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go
- uncertain
- uncertainty
- vague
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