Insecure
/ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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 lacking self-confidence or assurance wordnet
- 2 lacking in security or safety wordnet
- 3 not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way wordnet
- 4 not safe from attack wordnet
Example
More examples"She felt insecure about her children's future."
Etymology
From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.