as in loosened
not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched an unsecured luggage rack on top of the car that was a hazard to other vehicles on the road

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Recent Examples of unsecured The inmates then bent the bars, fled to an outdoor, unsecured pipe walk area and scaled a jail wall, the document said. Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 May 2025 Turning off AirPlay removes it as an open door for attackers. 3) Avoid using AirPlay on public or unsecured Wi-Fi and use a VPN: One of the key conditions for exploiting AirBorne vulnerabilities is that the attacker must be on the same Wi-Fi network as the target device. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025 The same software defects that have plagued computer systems for decades can also affect space systems; file upload issues, backdoors, spoofing, remote code execution (RCE), unsecured protocols, spoofing, hijacking, SQL injection, and insecure authentication are of special concern. Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsecured
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  • Lots of his work, including Succession and some writing on political satires, such as Veep and The Thick of It, draw loose and sometimes close inspiration from current events.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • Entering the final year of his contract, which carries a $4.5 million annual average value, Marchment could shake loose as a result of Dallas opting to make some difficult budgetary choices this summer.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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  • What with everything from specific PIN codes being flagged as insecure, an FBI warning of a new and highly dangerous attack threat, and Google advising about mobile threats targeting Android users.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger Arabella Stanton's role as Hermione, a clever but socially insecure Hogwarts student, marks the young actress' onscreen debut.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 May 2025
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  • Before centre-back Gimenez could come on, more slack marking allowed Ferran Torres a free header to make it 2-2.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • My actual dining companion, dressed in her nonprofit workwear, was slack jawed at the precision of the seasoning.
    Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie within 1 nautical mile of the group’s 175 miles of coastline.
    Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
  • Anderson built del Toro’s role around the actor, who repays him with a beauty of a performance, embodying the detached charisma of a morally dubious tycoon with cool ease.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025

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“Unsecured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsecured. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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