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insecure - 5 dictionary results

in⋅se⋅cure

[in-si-kyoor]
–adjective
1. subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
2. not confident or certain; uneasy; anxious: He was insecure about the examination.
3. not secure; exposed or liable to risk, loss, or danger: an insecure stock portfolio.
4. not firmly or reliably placed or fastened: an insecure ladder.

Origin:
1640–50; < ML insēcūrus. See in- 3 , secure
Language Translation for : insecure
Spanish: inseguro, German: unsicher, Japanese: 不安な
in·se·cure     (ĭn'sĭ-kyŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Not sure or certain; doubtful: unemployed and facing an insecure future.
  2. Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe: A shortage of military police made the air base insecure.
  3. Not firm or fixed; unsteady: an insecure foothold.
    1. Lacking stability; troubled: an insecure relationship.
    2. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety: had always felt insecure at parties.

in'se·cure'ly adv., in'se·cure'ness n., in'se·cu'ri·ty (-kyŏŏr'ĭ-tē) n.

insecure 
1649, "unsafe," from M.L. insecurus, from in- "not" + L. securus (see secure). Psychological sense dates from 1935; insecurity in this sense dates from 1917.

insecure

adjective
1. not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the hinge is insecure" [ant: secure
2. lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future" [ant: secure
3. lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability" [ant: secure
4. not safe from attack 

Insecure

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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