Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insecure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insecure \In`se*cure"\, a.
1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence;
distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe;
unstable; exposed to danger or loss. --Bp. Hurg.
The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and
precarious. --Mickle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insecure
adj 1: not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the
hinge is insecure" [ant: {secure}]
2: lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly
insecure"; "an insecure future" [syn: {unsafe}] [ant: {secure}]
3: lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person
lacking mental [ant: {secure}]
4: not safe from attack [syn: {unsafe}]
5: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business
enterprises" [syn: {bad}, {risky}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
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