Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsafety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-safe-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of safety; insecurity.

Uncountable

verb

To remove the safety on a device, such as a weapon.

Example Sentences

"[When] private men begin once to presume to give law to themselves, and to right their own wrongs, no man can foresee the dangers and inconveniences that may arise and multiply thereupon. It may cause sudden storms in Court, to the disturbance of his Majesty, and unsafety of his person."
"This sense of unsafety and instability is at the heart of the books."
"Nathan had been lying; he'd never unsafetied the rifle."

Etymology

From un- + safety.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

unsafeties (present, singular) unsafetying (participle, present) unsafetied (participle, past) unsafetied (past)

Antonyms

safety

Questions

What does unsafety mean?: Lack of safety; insecurity.
Where does unsafety come from?: From un- + safety.

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