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lax, loose, loosened, relaxed, slack, slackened, unsecured
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Frequent, extraneous apologies can create the appearance of being insecure. — Scott Steinberg, Quartz at Work, "The best way to apologize when you’ve screwed up at work," 28 Aug. 2019 Research shows that many whites attribute being stuck in low-wage, insecure jobs to competition with minorities but are unaware of the larger trends of wage stagnation and growing insecurity for all working-class jobs. — Eric Hoyt, The Conversation, "Why Trump’s stoking of white racial resentment is effective – but makes all working-class Americans worse off," 29 July 2019 But that still leaves a quarter of respondents feeling insecure as the years go by. — Lila Maclellan, Quartz at Work, "A new study measured how men and women experience ageism at work," 7 Aug. 2019 Prosecutors painted Carter as a vindictive and insecure teen concerned less with Roy’s life than her own popularity. — Isaac Feldberg, BostonGlobe.com, "New HBO documentary will explore Michelle Carter case," 1 July 2019 Consumers understandably fear that the devices will quickly become insecure or lose features, due to U.S. blacklisting of the Chinese telecommunications giant. — Alan Murray, Fortune, "The Dangers of Social Divisions: CEO Daily," 4 June 2019 And just why had the prince chosen to take the Passage Charity, an organization serving homeless and housing-insecure people, under his wing? — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Prince William Is Now Patron of a Charity He Visited with Princess Diana as a Child," 13 Feb. 2019 Though experts have warned for years that voting machines are insecure, companies and municipalities have been slow to upgrade and secure them—despite voting machines being listed as critical infrastructure by the US government. — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, "Security News This Week: Browser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People," 20 July 2019 Large swathes of the forest have been cleared, the local roads have become dangerously busy, polluted thoroughfares make journeying to school slow and difficult, food prices have soared, wages have fallen, jobs are scarce, and people feel insecure. — Gaia Vince, Quartz, "How to survive in the world’s largest refugee camp," 8 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'insecure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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