† unsecureadj.
Obsolete.
a. (un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger
unsurea1400
periclitate1525
dangeredc1604
endangered1609
unsafea1616
perdua1625
insecure1655
imperilled1656
unsecure1656
naufrageous1694
perilled1819
jeopardized1864
periculant1882
at-risk1965
1656 J. Denham Destr. Troy 2 Now but an unsecure and open Bay.
1685 Ld. Perth in London Gaz. No. 2031/7 They render us unquiet and unsecure at home.
1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job xv. 66 He in his prosp'rous State is unsecure.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. II. 100/1 It may be unsecure against sudden incursions of enemies.
1729 T. Innes Crit. Ess. Anc. Inhabitants Scotl. I. ii. iii. 319 Looking on their religion as unsecure as long as the queen's authority was acknowledged.
b. Const. of, or to with infinitive.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective]
uncouthc897
uncertaina1325
non-certaina1425
unsurec1445
incertaina1492
uncert1543
ancipitous1652
unsecure?a1685
equivocal1769
problematical1770
screwed-up1942
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
?a1685 Earl of Roscommon tr. Virgil's Sixth Eclogue in Poems (1717) 63 None who under that protection came Was ever ill receiv'd, or unsecure of Fame.
1693 W. Fleetwood Serm. 13 Depending..on Accidents in Nature, which are varying every Day, uncertain, unsecure to be relied upon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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