unsafe
/ʌnˈseɪf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For much the same reasons that safe languages are preferred over unsafe languages, these powerful---but unsafe---capabilities in Java should be restricted."
- ""RMT has made it clear that our members have a right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions, and the union will be closely monitoring the situation. [...]""
- "Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English safe English unsafe From un- (not) + safe.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more unsafe (comparative)
unsafer (comparative)
most unsafe (superlative)
unsafest (superlative)
unsafes (present, singular)
unsafing (participle, present)
unsafed (participle, past)
unsafed (past)