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 defense also highlighted the treatment of the Lachman fire scene, an area Haney said was never treated as a crime scene and was left unsecured for 12 days, when firefighters, emergency personnel, hikers, animals and vehicles all traversed the burn area.
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Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 10 June 2026
Companies can’t hand over important access codes to unsecured AI agents, making cyber a key component of AI infrastructure.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Instead, Dean Gialamas agreed to a $1 million unsecured bond.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Its lines include both secured and unsecured loans, as well as auto finance, credit cards and some insurance products.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 10 June 2026
Companies can’t hand over important access codes to unsecured AI agents, making cyber a key component of AI infrastructure.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Instead, Dean Gialamas agreed to a $1 million unsecured bond.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Its lines include both secured and unsecured loans, as well as auto finance, credit cards and some insurance products.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsecured
Adjective
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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.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 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
Adjective
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As a result, officers are prioritizing animal cruelty and neglect cases over calls about loose dogs.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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That loose recommendation is not backed up by science, says Robert Vincent, a former federal public health analyst who helped get the new study off the ground.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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But when insecure, Venus in Leo’s approach can come across as performative, prideful and overly invested in being chosen.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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The line — delivered by Timothy Simons, who played the spectacularly insecure Jonah Ryan on Veep — earned one of the semester’s biggest laughs.—
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Having replaced McGinn, Sancho was still settling into the game’s pace, but was markedly slack in possession.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Three children who were playing hide-and-seek spotted a cat floating on the surface of the water in the garden of an unoccupied semi-detached home.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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“Unsecured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsecured. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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