margin of safety

Examples

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• In addition, Section 109(b)(1) expressly instructs the EPA to establish the NAAQS to provide "an adequate margin of safety" to protect human health.

  Academic text (1996)

• It'll be close but there's still a margin of safety.

  Fantastic Voyage (1966)

• And most important, more than twice the amount of fuel we expect to use, to keep well within the margin of safety.

  Rocketship X-M (1950)

• A margin of safety can be important because sometimes the water level in a pool may be lower than normal.

  Academic text (2004)

• So we have to have a price that makes sense and gives a margin of safety considering the natural vicissitudes of life.

• All decks are designed with wide margins of safety and to perform elastically when hit by a wave.

  Academic text (2007)

• Keep in mind with all these approaches that it's smart to give yourself a solid margin of safety—some wiggle room.

  Blog text (31)

• The study reports that "approximately 10 percent of women have mercury levels within one tenth of potentially hazardous levels, indicating a narrow margin of safety for some women and supporting efforts to reduce methyl mercury exposure."

  Academic text (2002)

• To ensure everyone is protected, we built the bridge with a large margin of safety for unexpected forces.

• The engineers ensured there was a sufficient margin of safety in the design to account for potential errors.

Synonyms

M

margin

vsmargin of safety

226 3.9

An extra amount left for safety or small mistakes

is narrower, meaning specifically the excess beyond the minimum to ensure safety or prevent failure

M

margin of error

vsmargin of safety

• Specialized

27 4.2

An amount that shows how much a number or result may be wrong

is a practical excess beyond the minimum to prevent failure rather than a calculated bound

M

margin for error

vsmargin of safety

11 3.7

Space that allows small mistakes without big problems

is a deliberate excess above required safety to prevent failure rather than allow small mistakes

S

safety margin

vsmargin of safety

1 3.7

An extra amount people keep to allow for errors and prevent harm

is the alternative word order used for the same extra allowance

Antonyms

R

to risk

∞ 3.0

To do something that may cause harm or lead to loss

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