[syn: insecure, unsafe]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insecure \In`se*cure"\, a.
1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence;
distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
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With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe;
unstable; exposed to danger or loss. --Bp. Hurg.
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The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and
precarious. --Mickle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insecure
adj 1: not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way;
"the hinge is insecure" [ant: secure]
2: lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly
insecure"; "an insecure future" [syn: insecure, unsafe]
[ant: secure]
3: lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person
lacking mental stability" [ant: secure, unafraid,
untroubled]
4: not safe from attack [syn: insecure, unsafe]