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insecurity

[in-si-kyoor-i-tee] / ˌɪn sɪˈkjʊər ɪ ti /


NOUN
danger
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More than 15 years later, it’s still hard to think of a better image for the loneliness and insecurity lurking beneath our connected lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

“To avoid insecurity means you will never grow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Maybe this is the insecurity you get after the Pentagon starts negging its generals.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

Youth unemployment and job insecurity have made younger consumers cautious.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

Joe, now nine, standing by her side, felt again what he had first felt in his aunt’s attic in Pennsylvania five years before—the same coldness, fear, and insecurity.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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