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Quick definitions from WordNet (fail-safe)
▸ adjective: eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction ("A fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident")
▸ adjective: guaranteed not to fail ("A fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle")
▸ Also see fail-safes
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▸ adjective: eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction ("A fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident")
▸ adjective: guaranteed not to fail ("A fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle")
▸ Also see fail-safes
▸ Words similar to fail-safe
▸ Usage examples for fail-safe
▸ Idioms related to fail-safe (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by fail-safe
▸ Words that often appear near fail-safe
▸ Rhymes of fail-safe
▸ Invented words related to fail-safe