unhazardous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈhæzərdəs/ UK /ʌnˈhæzədəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not dangerous; safe

They chose an unhazardous route around the cliff edge.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not dangerous; safe safe harmless innocuous securerisk-free

Opposites

hazardous dangerous risky perilous unsafe

Word family

Derived forms unhazardously

Related forms hazard hazardous

Etymology

From un- ('not') + hazardous, from hazard, from Old French hasard ('game of dice'), perhaps from Arabic az-zahr ('the die').

un- Old English hasard Middle English az-zahr Arabic

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unhazardous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈhæzərdəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈhæzədəs/

## Meanings
1. not dangerous; safe

## Examples
- They chose an unhazardous route around the cliff edge.

## Synonyms
- safe
- harmless
- innocuous
- secure
- risk-free

## Antonyms
- hazardous
- dangerous
- risky
- perilous
- unsafe

## Derived Forms
- unhazardously

## Related Forms
- hazard
- hazardous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: hasard
- Root: az-zahr

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + hazardous, from hazard, from Old French hasard ('game of dice'), perhaps from Arabic az-zahr ('the die').

## AI Etymology
Unhazardous is from un- ('not') + hazardous, from hazard, from Old French hasard ('game of dice'), perhaps from Arabic az-zahr ('the die'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), hasard (Old French), and az-zahr (Arabic). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers not dangerous; safe. The wider family includes derived forms such as unhazardously and related words such as hazard and hazardous.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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