1
as in loose
not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched
insecure twine allowed the bundle of newspapers to break open as soon as it was tossed to the ground
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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
I always feel insecure in those high-end highfalutin restaurants
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Recent Examples of insecure
These can be insecure and present easy prey for hackers.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Working with the housing insecure population is best handled by local agencies who are aware of and connected to support services.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Thiel’s vision of tech saving the world through unloosed, Saruman-style AI industrialists would be far more compelling if so many of these tech giants were not such strangely immature and insecure people.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
Defne said, aware that this sounded insecure.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Working with the housing insecure population is best handled by local agencies who are aware of and connected to support services.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Thiel’s vision of tech saving the world through unloosed, Saruman-style AI industrialists would be far more compelling if so many of these tech giants were not such strangely immature and insecure people.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
Defne said, aware that this sounded insecure.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecure
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While its desert setting, Morricone-adjacent score, and light themes of vengeance help justify the temptation to shoehorn it into a recognizable niche subgenre, its use of Western imagery is ultimately too loose to merit such a label.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
11 Dec. 2025
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As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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New Delhi, which has become increasingly worried about the safety of its seafarers during the US-Israeli war with Iran, has now urged Washington to halt strikes on shipping vessels.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Anthropic is also worried that competitors could use Anthropic’s AI systems to turbocharge their own research — Anthropic uses its own AI systems to help create the next generation of its models.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Next, carefully remove the bowl from the microwave and use a microfiber cloth to wipe away all the loosened grime.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Aug. 2025
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Fantasy managers were nervous about investing in Brown due to possible rotation but one per cent of them were rewarded with a goal, an assist and the scouting bonus.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Hundreds of thousands of fans, sitting in bars throughout the city, watched televisions in nervous silence.—
Jenna Thompson
June 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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This strategy may be particularly useful for borrowers who are experiencing significant financial hardship and struggling to keep up with multiple unsecured debts.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Typically looking more like a gate than a solid door, the barriers are placed just in front of the first row of passengers and allow a pilot to exit the cockpit and visit the lavatory or the galley without leaving an unsecured path between passengers and the cockpit.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Nayyar played the socially anxious Raj Koothrappali, particle astrophysicist and BFF to Leonard.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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By our nature, we journalists are anxious to report fresh news, including the outcomes of elections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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With power diffused among top leaders and their allies in the bureaucracy, party discipline was slack.—
Jonathan A. Czin,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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Loose layers can compress in a crash, leaving the harness too slack to protect the baby.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani's win was seen as an upset to the establishment, since the 67-year-old Cuomo is the son of a three-time New York governor and held the position himself for a decade beginning in 2011.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Boise State fans could have been upset when they were upset at home by Fresno State as their season continued to slide away from them.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Insecure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecure. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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