How to spell unsafe

Unsafe is spelled U-N-S-A-F-E.

hear itun·safe/ən'seɪf/adjectivePrefixes and work

What it means: Causing danger or risk.

In a sentence: Climbing the tall ladder without help is unsafe.

Same family: safely, safety, safer, safest. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Unsafe is formed by adding the common English prefix un- to safe, meaning 'not safe.' The word safe comes from Old French 'sauf' and Latin 'salvus,' meaning 'uninjured' or 'in good health.'

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