insecure
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It points to three main factors driving a rise: rising living costs, debt and insecure work.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
She may even be feeling insecure in the relationship.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
And misogyny isn’t exactly the point; he’s just a self-involved, insecure egotist.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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