unsafety

English

Etymology 1

From un- + safety.

Noun

unsafety (uncountable)

  1. Lack of safety; insecurity.
    • 2013, John Lancaster, “When did you get hooked?”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7:
      This sense of unsafety and instability is at the heart of the books.

Etymology 2

From un- + safety.

Verb

unsafety (third-person singular simple present unsafeties, present participle unsafetying, simple past and past participle unsafetied)

  1. To remove the safety on a device, such as a weapon.
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