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Meanings of insecurity in English

Portuguese
periculosidade
Catalan
inseguretat
Spanish
inseguridad

The state of being subject to danger or injury.

periculosidade
Usage of insecurity in English
1
The result is a general state of insecurity in the public services.
The Irish Times
2
Hobbes made his argument to answer a specific problem of exceptional insecurity.
The Guardian
3
However, for others there is illness, insecurity and fear for the future.
The Irish Times
4
Road safety is not part of their concept of insecurity, Inthamoussu said.
News.com.au
5
Not insecurity or stage jitters but true fright-theterror of free fall.
An unfinished score
6
Phil Pennington reports on international trade disputes, steel failures and job insecurity.
Radio NZ
7
High unemployment and insecurity would bring this town to collapse, he said.
Reuters
8
A low- level insecurity may hold you back on the work front.
The South African
9
I suspect that part of the problem came from Hussain's own insecurity.
The Guardian
10
For a moment physical terror possessed him, a passionate sense of insecurity.
The sleeper awakes
11
Tackling insecurity and building prosperity directly affects our wellbeing in the UK.
The Guardian
12
Sometimes our employees cannot get to work because of insecurity, he said.
Reuters
13
Inequality amplifies social status differences and adds to status insecurity and competition.
The Guardian
14
Al Qaeda's North African wing has added to insecurity in the area.
Reuters
15
The social insecurity system instils fear in those clinging on to jobs.
The Guardian
16
However, anxious-anxious and avoidant-avoidant attachment insecurity pairings were not associated with burden.
Pubmed
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Insecurity through the time
Insecurity across language varieties
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