unsecure

comparative more unsecure · superlative most unsecure

1. rareSynonym of insecure.

   All great concernments must delays endure;

   1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem)

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   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 […]

   1624, Thomas Middleton, A Game at Chesse

   […] [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 […]

   1883, N. Y. Supreme Court, page 43

   In this chapter, you examine methods for encrypting data before it is sent across an unsecure network such as the Internet.

   2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed 2003, page 923

   Unsecure networks pose a substantial security risk to your systems or data.

   2007, Brian Koerner, Windows Vista Security for Dummies, page 223

   Synonyms: insecure

present singular third person unsecures · participle present unsecuring · participle past unsecured · past unsecured

1. transitiveTo make insecure or less secure.