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insecure

adjective

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Not stable or assured, or lacking confidence about one's position.

The project's funding remained insecure until the final grant decision.
Dictionary practice example.
An insecure new rower doubts whether he deserves his place even though the recorded trials show that he meets the same standard as the others.
From Effort and Recovery.
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