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unsecured

[ uhn-si-kyoord ]

adjective

  1. not secured, especially not insured against loss, as by a bond or pledge:

    an unsecured loan.

  2. not made secure, as a door or lock of hair; unfastened.
  3. not protected against tapping or interception, as a telephone line or radio communication.


unsecured

/ ˌʌnsɪˈkjʊəd /

adjective

  1. finance
    1. (of a loan, etc) secured only against general assets and not against a specific asset
    2. (of a creditor) having no security against a specific asset and with a claim inferior to those of secure creditors
  2. not made secure; loose


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unsecured1

First recorded in 1770–80; un- 1 + secure ( def ) + -ed 2( def )

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Example Sentences

When the 2020 coronavirus pandemic hit, it forced many of NTUC’s employees to work from home, often on unsecured networks and personal devices.

One of the most serious is security and data breaches as staff work remotely using unsecured WiFi networks and devices.

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The acceleration of remote work has increased the attack footprint as organizations struggle to secure their network while employees work from unsecured connections.

So when Lehman Brothers went down, it was really a missile into the unsecured-debt market more than anything else.

The California GOP has agreed not to use “unstaffed, unsecured unofficial ballot drop boxes” to collect ballots.

Around two thirds of these accidental deaths happened in the home or vehicle of the family, with mostly unsecured guns.

The report that a bank had given an unsecured loan to a superPAC turned out to be based on flawed FEC reporting.

In its article, Roll Call reported that “this may be the first reported unsecured bank loan to a super PAC.”

A portion of the surviving unsecured debt would be converted into equity, where needed, to provide capital to support the process.

So we're mostly talking about unsecured debts, mostly medical, auto balance, and credit card, which have gone to collections.

If a portion of a creditor's debt is secured and a portion is unsecured, he may vote on the unsecured portion.

The key stone of their fraud is just the point your mighty cute rascals always leave unsecured.

From nothing the unsecured indebtedness climbed to five thousand, to ten thousand dollars.

One other of the men for whom the officers were searching was still unsecured.

A few rights of way are still unsecured, but I've had Dulany out trying to gather them up.

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