insecure

adjective

/ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)/

/ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/

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not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people
- He's very insecure about his appearance.
- She felt nervous and insecure.
Extra Examples
- He felt a little insecure about being left alone.
- a star who is notoriously insecure about her looks
- He was a rather insecure young man with a slight stammer.
Topics Feelingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- feel
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
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not safe or protected
- Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
- As an artist he was always financially insecure.
- Many people use insecure passwords or they use the same password for everything.
- Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars.
- men who are worried about losing their jobs and becoming financially insecure
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- feel
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
See full entry
likely to move, fall down, etc. synonym unstable (3)
- an insecure ladder/footbridge

opposite secure

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus ‘unsafe’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin securus ‘free from care’, or from in- ‘not’ + secure.

单词	insecure
释义	insecure adjective /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)/ /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/ jump to other results not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people He's very insecure about his appearance. She felt nervous and insecure. Extra Examples He felt a little insecure about being left alone. a star who is notoriously insecure about her looks He was a rather insecure young man with a slight stammer. Topics Feelingsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs appear be feel … adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry not safe or protected Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago. As an artist he was always financially insecure. Many people use insecure passwords or they use the same password for everything. Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars. men who are worried about losing their jobs and becoming financially insecure Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs appear be feel … adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry likely to move, fall down, etc. synonym unstable (3) an insecure ladder/footbridge opposite secure Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus ‘unsafe’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin securus ‘free from care’, or from in- ‘not’ + secure.
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