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insecurity

noun as in anxiety

noun as in danger

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For many, he functions as a psychological screen onto which unresolved fears and insecurities are projected.

One in five children within the state experience hunger while 13.6 percent of Texas seniors face food insecurity.

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The murder rate and number of kidnappings have doubled in a decade, making insecurity the main concern of voters ahead of Sunday's election.

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This level of youth unemployment - apart from spreading insecurity - makes it easier for struggling employers to cut wages because workers face a choice of accepting lower pay or diving into a highly competitive job market.

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They were constrained, however, by a boss with an imperfect understanding of the nuances of his own business, and whose judgment was clouded by his insecurity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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