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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.
Definition 2024
insecure
insecure
English
Adjective
insecure (comparative more insecure, superlative most insecure)
- Not secure.
- 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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Antonyms
- (not comfortable or confident): confident, self-confident
Derived terms
Translations
not secure
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not comfortable in certain situations