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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.

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