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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for insecure:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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: insecure, unsafe]
       [ant: secure]
    3: lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person
       lacking mental stability" [ant: secure, unafraid,
       untroubled]
    4: not safe from attack [syn: insecure, unsafe]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insecure \In`se*cure"\, a.
   1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence;
      distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
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            With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe;
      unstable; exposed to danger or loss. --Bp. Hurg.
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            The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and
            precarious.                           --Mickle.
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