unsafety
English
Noun
unsafety (uncountable)
- Lack of safety; insecurity.
- 2013, John Lancaster, "When did you get hooked?", London Review of Books, vol. 35, no. 7:
- This sense of unsafety and instability is at the heart of the books.
- 2013, John Lancaster, "When did you get hooked?", London Review of Books, vol. 35, no. 7:
Verb
unsafety (third-person singular simple present unsafeties, present participle unsafetying, simple past and past participle unsafetied)
- to remove the safety on a device, such as a weapon
- 2010 A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set: Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, The Stone Monkey page 622
- Nathan had been lying; he'd never unsafetied the rifle.
- 2010 A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set: Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, The Stone Monkey page 622
Antonyms
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