insecurity

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 3.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A lack of security; uncertainty.

   economic insecurity

2. noun A lack of confidence in oneself.
3. noun The state of being subject to danger (physical, economic, or otherwise).

   economic insecurity

Similar words

unsafe uncertainty lack instability unstable precariousness diffidence vulnerability dread hardship

Often followed by

and of in is that about which for or

Word family

insecure insecurities institute instituted institutes instituting institution institutional institutionalise institutionalised