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 stability" [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]

English

Adjective

1. Not secure.
2. Not comfortable in certain situations.

   He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.

Derived terms

• insecurity

Translations

Insecurity can mean:

• Lack of security in an objective sense - see Risk, and particularly: Data security and Computer security.
• Emotional insecurity in psychology

afraid, anxious, apprehensive, dangerous, desultory, dickey, disconcerted, doubtful, dubious, exposed, fearful, flimsy, fluctuant, frail, hazardous, hesitant, in suspense, infirm, insubstantial, jumpy, nervous, open, perilous, precarious, provisional, questioning, rickety, risky, rocky, rootless, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, temporary, tentative, ticklish, tottery, treacherous, unassured, uncertain, uncomfortable, unconfident, undefended, undependable, unfaithworthy, unguarded, unhealthy, unnerved, unpredictable, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unselfassured, unselfconfident, unselfreliant, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly, worried