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Main Entry:
in·se·cure
[
in-si-
ky
oo
r
]
/
ˌɪn
sɪˈkyʊər
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
insecure
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
If she's intentionally misleading folks, she must feel
insecure
.
After years of increasingly urgent efforts beating increasingly
insecure
faculty.
But business academics have good reason to feel
insecure
.
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If she's intentionally misleading folks, she must feel
insecure
.
After years of increasingly urgent efforts beating increasingly
insecure
faculty.
But business academics have good reason to feel
insecure
.
Remember, if you become fearful in front of an
insecure
dog, you are displaying a weaker energy than him.
But all is not lost for those of us who may have had
insecure
attachment as infants.
Robinson is great with
insecure
or rookie snorkelers.
It's start to feel unethical to use such an
insecure
platform as this one.
What it shows is that family finances have grown much more
insecure
.
However the long-term consequence of over-reliance on
insecure
faculty is quite the opposite.
More often than not, computer systems are still unreliable,
insecure
and hard to integrate.
People often confuse
insecure
dogs with aggressive dogs.
To the
insecure
person even a compliment is not trusted and deeper forms of verbal bonding can feel terrifying.
Not only that, but anything previously encrypted with public-key crypto would become immediately, retroactively
insecure
.
So they mock and ridicule and put down the women of whatever country they feel
insecure
about.
The news media did its part to keep citizens alert and
insecure
.
It seems to me, those with jobs, should feel more
insecure
than those unfortunate not to have jobs.
He is a beautiful and loving dog but he is extremely
insecure
.
Those who cut down others because they don't agree come across to me as weak and
insecure
.
Everyone knows that e-mail is an
insecure
form of communication.
These spec lies only make you look shifty and
insecure
.
And the illegitimacy also explains why the regime is always feeling
insecure
to the point of paranoia.
Are you so
insecure
about your beliefs that you have to bring them up in a fun illusion blog.
The e-mail you send to a friend may hit several
insecure
hosts before it gets to the intended recipient.
Two companies can use exactly the same product, he notes, and one can be secure while the other is
insecure
.
Airport security used to be annoying and blatantly
insecure
.
Excessive secrecy may have made our cyberspace
insecure
in the first place.
Just to say, folks, the silent treatment person may not be
insecure
or adolescent.
Cesar puts a new spin on racketeering to help this blue heeler get over his
insecure
fixation.
But all the hoopla cannot conceal the party's
insecure
state.
Driving to the psychologist's office and sitting in a public waiting room is far more
insecure
than encrypted communications.
And the inability to connect makes them feel isolated and
insecure
.
They're wounded and
insecure
one moment and furious the next, especially if there's an ex-girlfriend to blame.
It is more self-aware, and it has returned to feeling
insecure
until it subjugates its neighbours.
Allowing opponents to attack an
insecure
ruler could quickly escalate.
Half of them wrote about a time they felt secure and supported, whereas the other half wrote about feeling
insecure
and alone.
He stares at the painter with a fixed, almost
insecure
glare.
They rarely have health plans and their employment status is ceaselessly
insecure
.
It may also be a way to weed out the
insecure
candidates or those who are unsatisfied with themselves.
It is
insecure
and violent, with travel by foreigners under armed guard and limited to a few well-defended enclaves.
Worse, it can discourage people who are
insecure
about wine.
Truth be told, they're so
insecure
in themselves or morbidly unhappy that they need to project their anger toward others.
One was encryption, the practice of using codes to protect information over
insecure
channels.
It's enough to make you feel
insecure
about the placid, slightly misshapen tarts you usually bake.
Tenure provides an unusual variety of job security in an extremely
insecure
profession.
They fear that the shelters are
insecure
and their meagre possessions will be stolen.
Others are veterans of the
insecure
life of migrant farm work farther west.
Or, he could be controlling because he is
insecure
about your relationship.
Russian commenters in all their thin-skinned,
insecure
glory shines on this board.
Lewis said, nor did
insecure
attachment in infancy predict trouble in adolescence.
It's natural to freak out about things that make you feel
insecure
.
In addition, critics have said the barges are expensive,
insecure
and ill-suited for use as jails.
However, it cannot be facilitated by someone who is still
insecure
or ambivalent about which race he is in, himself.
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