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worried, anxious, disconcerted, apprehensive, uncomfortable,
shaky, jumpy, unnerved, fearful: Harry is beginning to feel
insecure about his job. 2 unsafe, dangerous, unprotected,
vulnerable, unguarded, defenceless, undefended, exposed, open:
The machine-gun position is insecure and will soon be taken. 3
unstable, shaky, wobbly, precarious, infirm, weak, flimsy,
frail, rickety, unsubstantial, rocky, unsound, unsteady,
unreliable, uncertain: The structure collapsed because the
footings were insecure.
insensible
adj. 1 insensate, unconscious, insentient, numb, benumbed,
senseless, torpid, anaesthetized, Colloq out, out of it: She
was totally insensible for an hour after the blow on the head.
2 Often, insensible to or of. insensitive, callous, indifferent,
impervious, impassive, apathetic, cool, unsusceptible;
unaffected, unmoved, untouched; unaware, deaf, inconsiderate;
hard-hearted, thick-skinned, unfeeling, emotionless,
dispassionate, thoughtless, Colloq cloth-eared: He remained
wholly insensible to her desires and needs.
insert v. 1 introduce, place or put or stick in, intercalate;
interpolate, interject, interpose: Please do not insert
comments of your own.
--n. 2 insertion, addition, addendum, supplement,
advertisement, broadside, brochure, tip-in, handbill, circular,
Colloq Brit advert, US ad, flier or flyer; outsert, wraparound
or wrapround: The postage will be higher with this eight-page
insert.
inside n. 1 interior, centre, core, middle, heart; contents; lining,
backing: From the outside one could never guess what the inside
looks like. Please paint the inside of the cabinet blue. 2
Usually, insides. bowels, entrails, viscera, gut(s), stomach,
Colloq innards: He has had trouble with his insides for years.
3 inside out. everted, reversed; backwards: He is wearing his
pullover inside out.
--adj. 4 favoured, advantageous, favourable, advantaged,
privileged, preferred, preferential, propitious, exclusive;
internal, private, secret, confidential, privy, clandestine:
She has an inside track to the chairman. He claims to have