insecure
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"That's one of my favourite things," she says "I can write a song about being petty or jealous or super insecure, and I get it off my chest in a way that seems productive."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"This will give insecure workers on variable hours security in their working lives which they are so badly lacking at the moment," a spokesperson added.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
"It's also not a good thing to go along with because your partner wants it. If you are insecure this will make you more insecure."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
“Now I don’t know who Faye Wader really is,” the insecure and secretive host thinks, “or what will become of her.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
He was complacent and insecure, daring in the administrative stratagems he employed to bring himself to the attention of his superiors and craven in his concern that his schemes might all backfire.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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