insecure
in·se·cure
adjective
1.
2.
- “his fortune was increasingly insecure”
- “an insecure future”
3.
4.
5.
not financially safe or secure
- “a bad investment”
- “high risk investments”
- “anything that promises to pay too much can”
- “;”
Origin
From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.
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