Synonyms for unsafe
un·safe

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1. insecure, unsafeadjective

   lacking in security or safety

   "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

   Synonyms:
   insecure, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

2. dangerous, unsafeadjective

   involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

   "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

   Synonyms:
   serious, insecure, severe, life-threatening, dangerous, grievous, grave

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

3. insecure, unsafeadjective

   not safe from attack

   Synonyms:
   insecure, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

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1. in the firing line

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

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1. unsafeadjective

   Synonyms:
   dangerous, perilous, hazardous, insecure, RISKY, full of risk

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1. unsafeadjective

   Synonyms:
   insecure, risky, perilous, dangerous, hazardous, imperiled, precarious

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1. List of paraphrases for "unsafe":

   insecure, dangerous, hazardous, insecurity, uncertain, non-secure, precarious, nonsecure, unsanitary, unsure, unhealthy, risky, safe, unsecure, unreliable, unsecured

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1. Jane Austen:

   The movie talks about how Fire Island has been this place where gay men have historically gone to feel safe, and Fire Island asks what you do when you feel unsafe there, among your' own kind,' i like that the movie deals with these subjects very gently. It's not really angry. It's not really accusatory. But it's just sort of showing how it is and how we manage to love Fire Island anyway.

2. Ellie Boan:

   Not everyone necessarily agrees how [gun reform] should happen. But different viewpoints are coming together and all agree that no American child should feel unsafe in school.

3. John Beaver:

   Now when you go out on a walk, you have to watch your toes more, you have to pay attention to what's around you more. You can't just down the street because you don't know what's around the corner. If there's people like this (Shawn Smith) out on the street, it's unsafe for everybody.

4. Asmi Fathelbab:

   She oversaw an environment unsafe and abusive to women, women who put [Sarsour] on a pedestal for women’s rights and empowerment deserve to know how she really treats us.

5. Judge Statom:

   It used to be a very nice place to live, in fact, my grandmother lived there and I spent many a night and it was a nice place where you could walk around. People like you have made it a violent, unsafe place to live, and hopefully we can make it the place that it used to be back when it was originally built for people who didn’t have anywhere else to live, to make it a safe place to live.