Insecure vs Unsiker - What's the difference?
insecure | unsiker |
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 (obsolete) Unsafe, insecure.
(obsolete) Uncertain, unreliable.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book XVII:
*:‘Also, Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad prayde you to remembir of thys unsyker worlde, as ye behyght hym whan ye were togydirs more than halffe a yere.’
As adjectives the difference between insecure and unsiker
is that insecure is not secure while unsiker is (obsolete) unsafe, insecure.insecure
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.