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Definitions for: Insecure [adj] lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"
[adj] lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"
[adj] not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the hinge is insecure"
[adj] not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
[adj] not safe from attack
Webster (1913) Definition: In`se*cure", a.
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.
Synonyms: bad, embattled, high-risk, loose, overanxious, precarious, risky, shaky, speculative, unassured, uncertain, unguaranteed, unsafe, unsecured, unsound, unsure
Antonyms: secure, unafraid, untroubled
See Also: dangerous, unfixed, unprotected, vulnerable
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