[ UK /ˌɪnsɪkjˈɔː/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnsəkjɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
    the hinge is insecure
  2. lacking in security or safety
    an insecure future
    his fortune was increasingly insecure
  3. lacking self-confidence or assurance
    an insecure person lacking mental stability
  4. not safe from attack
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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
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