insecure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INSECU'RE, adjective [in and secure.] Not secure; not safe; exposed to danger or loss. Goods on the ocean are insecure Hay and grain unhoused are insecure Debts are often insecure
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