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unsecure

adj

Etymology

From un- + secure. Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsure, as well as of etymology 2.

  1. borrowed from sēcūrus
  2. prefixed as unsecure — “un + secure”

Definitions

  1. insecure

    • All great concernments must delays endure;
    • Has my Goodnes Clemencie, loue, and fauour gratious raysed thee From a Condition next to popular labour Tooke thee from all the dubitable hazards Of Fortune, her most unsecure aduentures And grafted thee into a Branch of honor […]
    • […] [the elevator] was in operation when it fell; its fall was due to the settling of the piers and the unsecure foundation of the elevator […]

  2. To make insecure or less secure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA