fail-safe
adjective /ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/Definition
› very unlikely to fail: a fail-safe planEasiness and simplicity › If something is fail-safe, it has been designed so that if one part of it does not work, the whole thing does not become dangerous: a fail-safe deviceSafe and secure
(Definition of fail-safe adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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