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insecurity

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


NOUN
danger
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She says the district’s biggest challenge “is the high percentage of students experiencing housing insecurity, homelessness, and food insecurity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It estimates that 19.5 million people or 41% of Sudan's population are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including five million facing emergency levels of hunger.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Health authorities continue to face shortages of resources, while insecurity caused by armed groups in Ituri province, the area hardest hit by the epidemic, restricts access to some communities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

If you know your Austen, you know that financial insecurity drives the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Even if, inside, I was a trembling mound of teenage insecurity.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

There is nothing wrong with being a C student — as long as you don’t take your insecurities out on the A students who just so happen to have darker skin.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the 35-year-old actor recalls witnessing the stress and insecurities experienced by friends over who had the most followers, or who followed who on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, Guest warns striving for a sculpted stomach could "feed into people's insecurities".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

After she began modeling, she quickly developed body insecurities, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the insecurities, those most insidious and stubborn of all the demons, were hers alone.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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