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Insecure

//ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not secure.

    "The Yung-li ruler, finding Chao-ch’ing insecure, fled to Wu-chou (梧州), Kuangsi province, and then to Kuei-lin, vigorously pursued by the Manchu army."

  2. 2
    Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.

    "He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking self-confidence or assurance wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking in security or safety wordnet
  3. 3
    not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way wordnet
  4. 4
    not safe from attack wordnet

Etymology

From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.

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