insecure
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"That's one of my favourite things," she says "I can write a song about being petty or jealous or super insecure, and I get it off my chest in a way that seems productive."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Mr. West makes him a rather dubious character, unnecessarily: Is he adolescently insecure or devious?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Millions of people in Sudan and Haiti were reported as acutely food insecure, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Yet once he was down to 170 pounds, he still felt insecure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
But we had some new dogs and some of them were aggressive and insecure and wanted to fight all the time.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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