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
The line — delivered by Timothy Simons, who played the spectacularly insecure Jonah Ryan on Veep — earned one of the semester’s biggest laughs.
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Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Despite these efforts, most families (82 percent) remain water insecure and up to 70 percent are unable to collect the minimum six liters per day for drinking and cooking.
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Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
According to The Tab, Melanie’s cousin also clapped back at critics who claimed Melanie was insecure and used Ozempic to lose weight.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
11 June 2026
Glatzer immediately brainstormed the character of Duncan Park, the insecure CEO played by Billy Magnussen in the series.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for insecure
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Despite these efforts, most families (82 percent) remain water insecure and up to 70 percent are unable to collect the minimum six liters per day for drinking and cooking.
—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
According to The Tab, Melanie’s cousin also clapped back at critics who claimed Melanie was insecure and used Ozempic to lose weight.
—
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
11 June 2026
Glatzer immediately brainstormed the character of Duncan Park, the insecure CEO played by Billy Magnussen in the series.
—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecure
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This pair is loose through the hips and thighs, with a not-too-wide leg that feels timeless.
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Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
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Now, multiple residents are left worried about what's to come next week with extremely hot temperatures in the forecast.
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With voters nationwide worried about inflation and the rising cost of living, some Californians might feel less inclined to provide full healthcare coverage to those lacking legal status.
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Hence shirt jackets and safari jackets in linen and leather came to the fore, as did denim Bermudas, linen polos and lots of lifestyle knits amid its more formal, full-canvas tailoring — styled with a loosened tie.
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For now, though, Detroit’s automakers are leaning into the lucre that comes from selling millions of fossil-fuel vehicles in a rare moment of loosened regulation.
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Oprah selected it for her book club; at her compound in Montecito, Whitehead was so nervous that her staff insisted on blow-drying the damp patches of his dress shirt before they were introduced.
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The low unemployment rate had made many economists nervous, including some on the Fed.
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The body lay unsecured for more than 10 hours while burglars twice picked through the dead man’s room.
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That matters because state law sets an order of priority for who gets paid from an estate, and unsecured creditors usually sit near the back of the line, behind administrative costs, funeral expenses, taxes and certain priority claims.
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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And those problems are magnified in the slack middle section of this 160-minute film, as the hunters make discoveries of their own in the forest, unnecessary subplots and aliens multiply, and there are some halfhearted attempts at giving them a thin backstory.
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Having replaced McGinn, Sancho was still settling into the game’s pace, but was markedly slack in possession.
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Katie Wilson won an upset victory to lead Seattle last fall.
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This is an odd thing to be upset about.
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“Insecure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecure. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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