Insecure
[,ɪnsɪ'kjʊə;,ɪnsɪ'kjɔː] or [,ɪnsɪ'kjʊr]
Definition
(adj.) lacking self-confidence or assurance; 'an insecure person lacking mental stability' .
(adj.) lacking in security or safety; 'his fortune was increasingly insecure'; 'an insecure future' .
(adj.) not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; 'the hinge is insecure' .
(adj.) not safe from attack .
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Definition
(a.) Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
(a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Uncertain, not sure, not confident.[2]. Unsafe, unprotected, exposed, dangerous, hazardous, perilous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SECURE]
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Definition
adj. apprehensive of danger or loss: exposed to danger or loss: uncertain.—adv. Insecure′ly.—n. Insecur′ity.
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Examples
- They had but an insecure hold on the Persian and Indian populations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A luckless young female slipped from an insecure hold upon a high branch and came crashing to the ground almost at Kerchak's feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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