How to Use insecure in a Sentence

insecure

adjective
Definition of insecurenext
Synonyms for insecurenext
  • One of the building's rear doors was insecure.
  • I feel shy and insecure around strangers.
  • The country's borders remain insecure.
  • The problem is, the girlfriend is very insecure about her weight.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The Google doc penned by Ellison and shared with the Times paints her as overwhelmed and insecure.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The source of most of our anger is being injured and/or insecure.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 June 2021
  • An insecure young kid who seeks approval from tricks and peers alike?
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • My 6-year-old's teacher says my child is insecure but doesn't act out.
    — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • Of course, what the Palace had not expected was that this meek, insecure woman would grow up.
    — Eloise Moran, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The oldest of Boles' sons, Daly was sweet, a bit insecure, soft-hearted, a rule follower and did great in school.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
  • And, of the billions of records that have been exposed by cyberattacks to date, many have been due to insecure APIs.
    — Sanjay Cherian, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • No more hot, damp days, and no more being insecure about your sweat patches.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022
  • And for young children, some are now feeling insecure while at school.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Windows runs on over a billion devices, many of which are old and insecure.
    — Dan Patterson, CBS News, 29 June 2021
  • The insecure boss—Overly concerned about what others think of them.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Dan is working very hard on cracking the puzzle of the tape, but Archive 81 is way too insecure to ask the viewer to do any work at all.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2022
  • To be a woman in the world is to almost always feel unsafe or insecure to some degree.
    — Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But 60% fret that the technology could add to their stress and burnout, and roughly the same number feel insecure about their job.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
  • The price isn’t bad — $36 a year — but an insecure security service isn’t worth a dime.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • O’Hara’s insecure histrionics play like a slow-motion car wreck in the movie, giving it one of its brighter spots.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The passkey argument is that passwords are old and insecure.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Iran watchers say the leadership has felt insecure about the high level of dissent in the country for a while.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The tear gas is filling the houses, and the situation is insecure.
    — Abeer Salman, Amir Tal and Sugam Pokharel, CNN, 13 May 2021
  • Alex was once the veteran megastar — tightly wound and more insecure than not, but there was some savvy there.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The state bought the Dominion system in 2019, but the plaintiffs contend that the new system is also insecure.
    — Kate Brumback, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022
  • What to Consider Tablets are affixed to the case with elastics, which may feel a little insecure.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • Like most bullies, Donald Trump is a deeply insecure man.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 26 June 2024
  • The pandemic caused the number of food-insecure people around the world to double, to 276 million, according to the World Food Programme.
    — Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • And can a girl be insecure about her upper lip and get some f–ing lip filler without you guys f–ing commenting under it?
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The show premiered on August 29 and starred Jeff Goldblum as the all mighty Zeus, albeit in a more whimsical and insecure portrayal.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024

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