to feel unsafe
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3.8
- phrasal verb
- /fiːl ʌnˈseɪf/
:
sentirse inseguro
- The last thing they want is for foreigners to feel unsafe in their country.
- students feel unsafe at school
- students feel unsafe
And so some people when they feel unsafe, they run away.
- And so some people when they feel unsafe, they run away.
- and when someone leaves you feeling unsafe, they have poisoned the well of intimacy.
- But you know, when you start to feel unsafe or you start to feel that your family is unsafe, none of the rest of the culture war stuff matters.
- Like if anything could make a kid feel unsafe, a teen or or younger or adult, it's that yes, yes, it's like laying the passenger on the plane.
- That would feel great because women still feel unsafe.
- And then you may not be coming from a place of saying I feel unsafe.
- They know we're not going to give any money because our students feel because of Jewish students feel unsafe, they feel uncomfortable.
Examples
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Over 60% of LGBT students have reported feeling unsafe in their school environment.
Blog text (17) -
There are people who feel unsafe in their communities.
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You know I have felt unsafe when meeting up with a date.
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And you should never feel unsafe.
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Students often reported feeling unsafe in locations where no adults were present.
Academic text (2011) -
A sexual-assault survivor wrote about feeling unsafe walking alone at night.
Academic text (2016) -
Academic success does not buffer students from risky behavior or from feeling unsafe.
Academic text (2011) -
Counsel responders to leave the premises immediately if they feel unsafe.
Academic text (2010) -
Afro-American students often are uncomfortable and may feel unsafe in their school environments and in their travels to and from school.
Academic text (2004) -
Many working women have good reason to feel unsafe about asking for a raise.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to experience a sense of insecurity' is directly derivable from combining 'feel' (to experience) with 'unsafe' (not safe); the pattern 'feel + adjective' transparently signals an internal state. This straightforward composition is cross-linguistically common and a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase feel unsafe comes from a simple image: when danger is near your body gives a warning — you feel cold or tense and your hair may stand up, so you know you are unsafe. That's why feel unsafe means 'to not be safe'.