unperilousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛrᵻləs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛrl̩əs/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛrələs/ Not perilous.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or free from risk
sure?1473
safe?1545
dangerless?1555
canny1592
peril-lessa1618
secure1617
unperilous1621
unhazardous1683
riskless1822
no-risk1932
1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 455 [A] not unpleasant waye, though not unperilous.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. K The secure depths, in the most vnperillous Channell.
1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xix. 385 Temperate mode of living, and unperilous occupations.
1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude v. 116 Where had we been..If in the season of unperilous choice..We had been followed.
1902 F. Lynde Master of Appleby xi. 118 He entered cautiously,..as if his venturing in were not unperilous.
2004 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Sept. a10 We fear that many folks are more likely to head to a storm's predicted landfall than flee—they think it will be an exciting but unperilous show.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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