insecurely
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Bold yet insubstantial, “Love Hurts” insecurely asks the score to do too much work, pounding away at a funky spy track before unconvincingly pivoting to something sincere.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
The automaker had admitted to a cover-up in the early 2000s of vehicle defects such as failing brakes, faulty clutches and insecurely installed fuel tanks.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
"It's good if you are tech savvy - so for low or insecurely paid young workers - but less so if you are a pensioner on a low income," she adds.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022
Children who cannot calm themselves—or who never react to the disappearance of their attachment figure—are assessed as insecurely attached.
From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2019
Sybil was sitting insecurely on a huge, inflated beach ball, facing the ocean.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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