About The Word Insecure
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Insecure
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What's The Definition Of Insecure?
[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 financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [adj] not safe from attack Synonyms | Synonyms for Insecure: bad | embattled | high-risk | loose | overanxious | precarious | risky | shaky | speculative | unassured | uncertain | unguaranteed | unsafe | unsecured | unsound | unsure Related Terms | Find terms related to Insecure: afraid | anxious | apprehensive | dangerous | desultory | dickey | disconcerted | doubtful | dubious | exposed | fearful | flimsy | fluctuant | frail | hazardous | hesitant | in suspense | infirm | insubstantial | jumpy | nervous | open | perilous | precarious | provisional | questioning | rickety | risky | rocky | rootless | shaky | shifting | shifty | slippery | temporary | tentative | ticklish | tottery | treacherous | unassured | uncertain | uncomfortable | unconfident | undefended | undependable | unfaithworthy | unguarded | unhealthy | unnerved | unpredictable | unprotected | unreliable | unsafe | unselfassured | unselfconfident | unselfreliant | unsolid | unsound | unstable | unsteadfast | unsteady | unsubstantial | unsure | untrustworthy | vacillating | vulnerable | wavering | weak | wobbly | worried See Also | dangerous | unfixed | unprotected | vulnerable Insecure In Webster's Dictionary \In`se*cure"\, a.
1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence;
distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe;
unstable; exposed to danger or loss. --Bp. Hurg.
The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and
precarious. --Mickle.
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