Thesaurus: insecure

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1. a. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
2. a. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.
3. adj. not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
4. adj. lacking in security or safety
5. adj. lacking self-confidence or assurance
6. adj. not safe from attack
7. 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.
8. j:100 a. not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way a. lacking in security or safety a. lacking self-confidence or assurance s. not safe from attack