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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnsəˈkjɔː(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ɪnsəˈkjʊɹ/
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• General-American: /ɪnsəˈkjɝ/
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• General-American: /ɪnsəˈkjɔɹ/
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N S AH0 K Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: несигурен (nesiguren) — not secure
• Bulgarian: опасен (opasen) — not secure
• Catalan: insegur — not secure
• Chinese Mandarin: 不安全的 (bù ānquán de) — not secure
• Danish: usikker — not secure
• Dutch: onbeveiligd — not secure
• Finnish: epävarma — not secure
• Finnish: epäluotettava — not secure
• Finnish: turvaton — not secure
• French: insécurisé — not secure
• German: nicht sicher — not secure
• Greek: ανασφαλής (anasfalís) — not secure
• Hindi: असुरक्षित (asurakṣit) — not secure
• Icelandic: óöruggur — not secure
• Indonesian: rendah diri — not secure
• Indonesian: minder — not secure
• Italian: insicuro — not secure
• Italian: malsicuro — not secure
• Macedonian: неси́гурен (nesíguren) — not secure
• Macedonian: о́пасен (ópasen) — not secure
• Māori: tītengi — not secure
• Māori: pānekeneke — not secure
• Māori: mātangatanga — not secure
• Polish: niezabezpieczony — not secure
• Portuguese: inseguro — not secure
• Russian: небезопа́сный (nebezopásnyj) — not secure
• Russian: опа́сный (opásnyj) — not secure
• Russian: ненадёжный (nenadjóžnyj) — not secure
• Serbo-Croatian: nesiguran — not secure
• Spanish: inseguro — not secure
• Spanish: en globo — not secure
• Swedish: osäker — not secure
• Turkish: emniyetsiz — not secure
• Turkish: güvensiz — not secure
• Turkish: tehlikede — not secure
• Bulgarian: несигурен (nesiguren) — not comfortable in certain situations
• Catalan: insegur — not comfortable in certain situations
• Czech: nejistý — not comfortable in certain situations
• Danish: usikker — not comfortable in certain situations
• Danish: utryg — not comfortable in certain situations
• Dutch: onzeker — not comfortable in certain situations
• Finnish: epävarma — not comfortable in certain situations
• French: inconfortable — not comfortable in certain situations
• French: inquiet — not comfortable in certain situations
• German: unsicher — not comfortable in certain situations
• Greek: ανασφαλής (anasfalís) — not comfortable in certain situations
• Haitian Creole: anksyeu — not comfortable in certain situations
• Hindi: असुरक्षित (asurakṣit) — not comfortable in certain situations
• Macedonian: неси́гурен (nesíguren) — not comfortable in certain situations
• Polish: niepewny — not comfortable in certain situations
• Polish: niepewny siebie — not comfortable in certain situations
• Portuguese: inseguro — not comfortable in certain situations
• Russian: неуве́ренный (neuvérennyj) — not comfortable in certain situations
• Serbo-Croatian: nesiguran — not comfortable in certain situations
• Spanish: inseguro — not comfortable in certain situations
• Swedish: otrygg — not comfortable in certain situations