@@ -23825,6 +23825,20 @@ const installEvaluate = (modules) => {
 					return /** @type {EXPECTED_ANY} */ (object)[key];
 				}
 			}
+			// A hole the correct phase keeps reads the prototype, which `unsafe`
+			// takes as holding no index.
+			if (Array.isArray(object) && typeof key !== "symbol") {
+				const index = Number(key);
+				if (
+					String(index) === String(key) &&
+					Number.isInteger(index) &&
+					index >= 0 &&
+					index < object.length &&
+					!(index in object)
+				) {
+					return undefined;
+				}
+			}
 			if (
 				!object ||
 				object === expression ||
 
@@ -6353,6 +6353,15 @@ describe("syntax-printer", () => {
 			});
 		}
 
+		it("should still read a hole of an array literal as undefined under `unsafe`", async () => {
+			const { minify } = await load();
+			const { code } = await minify(
+				"console.log([1, , 3][1], [, 2][\"0\"], [1, , 3][5], [1, , 3].x);",
+				{ compress: { unsafe: true }, mangle: false }
+			);
+			expect(code).toBe("console.log(void 0,void 0,[1,,3][5],[1,,3].x);");
+		});
+
 		it("should keep a string's `charAt` of a BigInt, where terser throws", async () => {
 			const { minify, corrections } = await load();
 			const input =