insecurity Definition

insecure
adj

1. Not firmly fixed; unstable.
2. Said of a person or their disposition: lacking confidence; anxious about possible loss or danger.

Thesaurus: apprehensive, anxious, worried, troubled, vague, uncertain; Antonym: confident.
3. Under threat or in danger or likely to be so.

Example: insecure jobs

Derivative: insecurely
adverb

Derivative: insecurity
noun

Thesaurus: anxiety, uncertainty, doubt, vacillation, indecision, instability.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin insecurus.