INSECURE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of insecure in English

(Definition of insecure from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of insecure from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of insecure

insecure
If the threat or use of force makes states insecure, realist folklore posits that they should increase their power.
The egocentrically insecure are more likely than the egocentrically secure to abstain, perhaps out of protest.
Risk, uncertainty and competition have produced insecure, ephemeral, project-based collaboration.
Most striking, senior, urban members were more likely to defect from the party, not when they were insecure, but when they were electorally strong.
They felt that insecure land tenure and political cronyism were creating financial and even political problems.
People are feeling insecure; they want their home to be a fortress.
The authors conclude that assessing highly insecure attachment style in the clinical context could beneficially influence choice of therapeutic intervention.
Most ill nevermarried women were in unreliable care situations and depended upon insecure intra-generational kin support and non-kin assistance.
Instead, the one time gain the ruler made from their sale offered an immediate advantage insecure tribal leaders could not ignore.
Fewer than one-half of proprietors felt secure ; just over 27 per cent had mixed feelings and 29 per cent stated that they felt insecure.
Such experiences have made them insecure in their work with music.
There were land transfers before this emergence, and even a sort of land market, but these were hampered, restricted and insecure.
The children of parents who were unresolved regarding their child's diagnoses were three times as likely to have an insecure attachment.
Farmers with insecure rights to land exhibit many different types of investment behaviour.
Anxiety in adolescence was associated with an insecure attachment history in infancy that appeared to exert its influence via negative relationship representations.
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Translations of insecure

in Chinese (Traditional)
不自信的, 無把握的, 缺乏信心的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
不自信的, 无把握的, 不安全的…
in Spanish
inseguro, inseguro/ura [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
inseguro, inseguro/-ra…
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असुरक्षित, विसंबण्यास अयोग्य…
(精神的に)不安定な, 臆病な, 不安(ふあん)な…
kendine güveni olmayan, emniyetsiz, korumasız…
manquant d’assurance, non sécurisé/-ée, inquiet…
insegur…
onzeker, onveilig, onvast…
பாதுகாப்பற்ற மக்களுக்கு சிறிய நம்பிக்கை உள்ளது மற்றும் தங்கள் சொந்த திறன்களைப் பற்றி அல்லது மற்றவர்கள் உண்மையில் விரும்புகிறார்களா என்பது குறித்து நிச்சயமற்றவர்கள்., (பொருள்கள் அல்லது சூழ்நிலைகள்) பாதுகாப்பாக இல்லை அல்லது பாதுகாக்கப்படவில்லை…
(व्यक्ति का) आत्मविश्वासहीन, असुरक्षित, (वस्तुओं या परिस्थितियों का) अस्थिर…
અસુરક્ષિત, અસલામત…
usikker, utryg, ikke sikker…
osäker, otrygg, inte [riktigt] säker…
tidak yakin, tidak selamat…
unsicher…
usikker, utrygg, løs…
غیر محفوظ, کمزور, پر خطر…
небезпечний, ненадійний…
неуверенный в себе, ненадежный, негарантированный…
అభద్రత/ అభద్రతా భావం ఉన్న వ్యక్తులు తక్కువ ఆత్మవిశ్వాసంతో ఉంటారు, వాళ్ల స్వంత సామర్థ్యాల గురించీ, లేదా ఇతర వ్యక్తులు తమను నిజంగా ఇష్టపడుతున్నారా లేదా అనీ అనిశ్చితంగా ఉంటారు.…
غَير آمِن, غَير مُستَقِرّ…
নিরাপত্তাহীন, নিরাপদ নয়…
nejistý, nepevný…
kurang keyakinan, kurang kuat, tidak aman…
ไม่มั่นคง, ไม่ปลอดภัย…
không an toàn, bấp bênh…
niepewny…
불안한…
insicuro, instabile…
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