[
UK
/ˌɪnsɪkjˈɔː/
]
[ US /ˈɪnsəkjɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnsəkjɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
the hinge is insecure -
lacking in security or safety
an insecure future
his fortune was increasingly insecure -
lacking self-confidence or assurance
an insecure person lacking mental stability - not safe from attack
How To Use insecure In A Sentence
- This blogger is a seriously insecure woman who needs to examine her shaky sense of privilege before again attempting to write about transpeople. The Brave One Goes Crazy And Murders Weekend Box Office
- None of us wanted to ‘need’ cigarettes almost desperately and to feel insecure and anxious without them.
- I think she must be insecure or something, as in her footage she bleats about having ‘too many faults’ when the cameras follow her into the change room.
- At best, he's a vain, insecure man; at worst, he's a paranoid megalomaniac narcissist.
- Agriculture relies heavily on migrants to fill its low paid and insecure jobs.
- Why would he wanna crawl after such an insecure, uptight little snot?
- So this gaff is all the reporters fault for being insecure? Think Progress » President Bush To Legally Blind Reporter: ‘Are You Going to Ask That Question with Shades On?’
- He felt insecure because his Catholic education was so exiguous — it amounted to one year at a Jesuit prep school in England. Daredevil
- In The Victim, the Jewish son of an anti-gentile and ghetto-mentality storekeeper is being given a hard time by an insecure and alcoholic WASP. The Great Assimilator
- Think of those memories when you feel insecure. The Sun