insecure
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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
“She’s such a delicious character because she’s so villainous, but she’s also desperate and insecure and trying to survive,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
More than a million people in the UK now have second jobs as rising costs, insecure work and industry changes push workers into a growing gig economy.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Yet once he was down to 170 pounds, he still felt insecure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Did my presence make her feel so insecure that she felt she had to punish me in front of the pupils to impress them?
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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