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ultra-safe adjective (alsoultrasafe)uk /ˌʌl.trəˈseɪf/ us /ˌʌl.trəˈseɪf/ very unlikely to cause harm: Motor racing now is ultra-safe compared to how it was in the past. A few extra minutes on the grill will make the meat ultra-safe. very unlikely to lose value: Their advisor recommended that they transfer their savings to an ultra-safe money market fund. Investors eagerly bought up the ultra-safe government bonds at low interest rates. Some drivers might dismiss the car's handling as boring; others would class it as ultra-safe. They use high-tech materials to make ultralight, ultrasafe, sturdy bikes. These ultra-safe hydrogen storage tanks will even withstand gunfire without exploding. Many pension funds moved assets away from ultra-safe government bonds to corporate bonds, to benefit from higher yields. Small investors have put less money into equity funds, and ultrasafe bank savings deposits have reached an all-time high. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Safe and secure airworthiness as safe as housesidiom biosafety bite clear of something harmlessness have/lead a sheltered lifeidiom health and safety impregnable impregnably nonexposed out of danger potable protected roadworthy unassailed unbruised unthreatening untouchable well kept |