dangerous (a)
unsafe (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def involving or causing danger or risk
def liable to hurt or harm
examples a dangerous criminal
a dangerous bridge
unemployment reached dangerous proportions
Outgoing links
Also see insecure, unsafe; vulnerable
Derivationally related form dangerous → danger; dangerous → danger; dangerous → dangerousness
Antonym dangerous → safe
Similar to breakneck; chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy; desperate; hazardous, risky, wild; insidious; mordacious; on the hook(p); parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go; self-destructive, suicidal; treacherous, unreliable
Incoming links
Antonym safe → dangerous
Similar to breakneck; chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy; desperate; hazardous, risky, wild; insidious; mordacious; on the hook(p); parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go; self-destructive, suicidal; treacherous, unreliable
Also see insecure, unsafe; vulnerable
Derived from adjective dangerously → dangerous
Derivationally related form dangerousness → dangerous; danger → dangerous; danger → dangerous

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