insecure
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"It's also not a good thing to go along with because your partner wants it. If you are insecure this will make you more insecure."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
“Now I don’t know who Faye Wader really is,” the insecure and secretive host thinks, “or what will become of her.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
She may even be feeling insecure in the relationship.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 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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