as in instability
the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position the insecurity of the bookcase made it dangerous for a household with small children who like to climb

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Recent Examples of insecurity Community solar takes off in remote parts of Latin America, a people-first solution Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are addressing energy insecurity and using renewables as a tool in the region’s clean energy transition. Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025 Raising children is always a challenge, but never more so than in times of deep insecurity about what the future will look like. Daniel Kehlmann, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025 The lowest points were desolate and full of perilous financial insecurity, exacerbated eventually by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 June 2025 Working-class wives work primarily for the money rather than career satisfaction; this results in more marital tension, which can fuel marital instability that spirals into yet more economic insecurity. Joan C. Williams june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for insecurity
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instability
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  • Advertisement Strikes reinforce Chinese view of U.S. instability China already saw the U.S. under the Trump Administration as an unstable partner, particularly after Trump slammed the world with staggering tariff rates before abruptly reversing course.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 June 2025
  • Yet the aftershocks of 2008 continue, and today’s economic pressures—rising costs, stagnant wages, global instability—are forcing a reckoning.
    Benjamin van der Lande, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025

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“Insecurity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecurity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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