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Webster 1913 Edition


Insecure

Inˊse-cure′

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Insecure

INSECU'RE

,
Adj.
[in and secure.] Not secure; not safe; exposed to danger or loss. Goods on the ocean are insecure. Hay and grain unhoused are insecure. Debts are often insecure.

Definition 2024


insecure

insecure

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insecure (comparative more insecure, superlative most insecure)

  1. Not secure.
  2. Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
      The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. []  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
    He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.

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