insecure

Universal Words 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. OPPSECURE insecurely adverb insecurity noun [U,C] (plural insecurities): feelings of insecurity * job insecurity * We all have our fears and insecurities. * The incident brought back childhood insecurities.