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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
insecure



in·se·cure AW BrE [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)] NAmE [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr] adjective
1. not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people
He's very insecure about his appearance.
She felt nervous and insecure.
2. not safe or protected
Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
As an artist he was always financially insecure.
Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars.
Opp: secure
Derived Words:insecurely insecurity

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus ‘unsafe’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin securus ‘free from care’, or from ↑in- ‘not’ + ↑secure.

Example Bank:
He felt a little insecure about being left alone.
a star who is notoriously insecure about her looks
men who are worried about losing their jobs and becoming financially insecure
He was a rather insecure young man with a slight stammer.
He's very insecure about his appearance.
Insecure doors and windows make life easy for burglars.


Example Bank:
Perhaps he is just trying to mask his own insecurity.
The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.
her insecurities about her abilities
job/financial insecurity

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