unsafely
- adverb
- /ʌnˈseɪfli/
- NHS employees and social care staff, whose lifting is also an extension of their duty of care, often expressed anxiety and confusion, feeling that by failing to lift, even unsafely, they are failing to exercise their duty of care and therefore they feel they could be accused of being negligent.
And I assume that he's not going to race unsafely.
- And I assume that he's not going to race unsafely.
Examples
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Riding a bike unsafely without a helmet can increase the likelihood of injury in accidents.
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Because Haskell permits static declaration of constructors in the open sum type, it's not too difficult to piggyback dynamic declarations on top of it, though it does require some (unsafely initialized) global state.
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Historically, it seems dubious to claim that a meltdown is the sole way a nuclear power plant has been unsafely operated.
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I would imagine those drivers would be emboldened by the fact that the automated vehicle will not react emotionally or unsafely in an attempt to thwart the human driver.
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One example is how Nevada has a senator (whom I love to loathe) who has, to a large degree, kept the rest of the country from unsafely (from the point of view of those who live there) using his state as a dumping ground.
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When toys are manufactured unsafely, they can pose serious risks to children.
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The workers were warned not to handle chemicals unsafely, as it could lead to dangerous accidents.
Synonyms
In a way that can cause harm or injury
In a way that shows no care about danger or the results
In a dangerous way that can cause harm
In a dangerous way that may cause harm or loss
Antonyms
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsafely comes from the parts un- meaning 'not', safe meaning 'free from danger', and -ly meaning 'in this way'. So unsafely means 'in a way that is not safe', a helpful image is doing something that could cause harm.