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The phrase "are in unsafe hands" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express concern about the safety or reliability of a person or group that is responsible for something important.
Example: "The sensitive information we shared is now in unsafe hands, and we must take immediate action to protect it."
Alternatives: "are in unreliable hands" or "are in dangerous hands".
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Generous holidays are essential for children, and if Gove cannot remember, or worse still, never had, these essential experiences and cannot see his duty to protect them, we are in unsafe hands.
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People felt their future was in unsafe hands.
The initial analysis revealed a number of exposed states, which described patients' feelings of lack of control, being in unsafe hands and insecure in the care system, and thus experiencing a care system inappropriate to their needs.
It's rushed and lacking in suspense and shows us early on that we are in very unsafe hands for the next 95 minutes.
Unfortunately, Siobhan chose the obvious tune, his only Top 40 hit and one that can be pretty draggy in unsafe hands.
It was submitted that evidence to show the convictions were unsafe "has been in the hands of the authorities since at least 1977".
Most of the unsafe toys and other products, it turns out, may still be in the hands of consumers.
The other is that the nuclear industry is unsafe in private hands.
Until a few weeks ago, the European Olympic powers were sure that the Olympic ideal was unsafe in Australian hands.
You remained convinced that the third child of the Clark family, Child A, was unsafe in the hands of Mr Clark.
John Banville is an unsafe pair of hands.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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