unsafety

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ safety.

Noun

unsafety (uncountable)

1. 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.

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
   • 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.

Antonyms

1. safety#Verb