Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsecure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: un-se-cure
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of insecure.

verb

To make insecure or less secure.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"All great concernments must delays endure;"
"Has my Goodnes Clemencie, loue, and fauour gratious raysed thee From a Condition next to popular labour Tooke thee from all the dubitable hazards Of Fortune, her most unsecure aduentures And grafted thee into a Branch of honor […]"
"[…] [the elevator] was in operation when it fell; its fall was due to the settling of the piers and the unsecure foundation of the elevator […]"
"In this chapter, you examine methods for encrypting data before it is sent across an unsecure network such as the Internet."
"Unsecure networks pose a substantial security risk to your systems or data."

Etymology

From un- (“not”) + secure (adjective). Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsure, as well as of etymology 2.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un, un-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

more unsecure (comparative) most unsecure (superlative) unsecures (present, singular) unsecuring (participle, present) unsecured (participle, past) unsecured (past)

Derived Forms

unsecurely unsecureness

Synonyms

insecure

Questions

What does unsecure mean?: Synonym of insecure.
Where does unsecure come from?: From un- (“not”) + secure (adjective). Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsure, as well as of etymology 2.

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