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insecurity

[in-si-kyoor-i-tee] / ˌɪn sɪˈkjʊər ɪ ti /


NOUN
danger
Synonyms


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She says the district’s biggest challenge “is the high percentage of students experiencing housing insecurity, homelessness, and food insecurity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

If you know your Austen, you know that financial insecurity drives the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Recent research on the growth of social supermarkets, external backed the idea that they were less off-putting than food banks and large commercial stores for those facing food insecurity.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Such stores aim to cut food waste while helping people facing food insecurity by selling surplus goods at lower prices.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I also possessed a certain insecurity, feeling politically backward compared to Walter, Lembede, and Mda.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“I latched onto fantasy to comfort the insecurities I was dealing with,” Wolf said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

But the 35-year-old actor recalls witnessing the stress and insecurities experienced by friends over who had the most followers, or who followed who on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Riffing on the human need for emotional engagement through the arts with such venom is not just a slap in the face; it’s evidence of Iñárritu’s gnawing insecurities.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

She still loves the song – "Torn was a beautiful gift" – but the furore around it fuelled her insecurities.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Some biographers, pursuing the same interpretive line, have suggested that his deep-rooted insecurities drove him onto the plains of Weehawken and then into the fatal gaze of Aaron Burr.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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