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What is the difference between insecure and unsecure?

insecure | unsecure |

As adjectives the difference between insecure and unsecure

is that insecure is not secure while unsecure is insecure.

insecure

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not secure.
  • Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure , as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
    He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.

    Antonyms

    * (not comfortable or confident) confident, self-confident

    Derived terms

    * insecurity

    Anagrams

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    unsecure

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) insecure
  • * 2004 , Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed 2003 (page 923)
  • In this chapter, you examine methods for encrypting data before it is sent across an unsecure network such as the Internet.
  • * 2007 , Brian Koerner, Windows Vista Security for Dummies (page 223)
  • Unsecure networks pose a substantial security risk to your systems or data.