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anxious
Eagerly wishing
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  1. Eagerly wishing
  2. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
  3. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety:
hesitant
Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
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  1. Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
  2. Inclined or tending to hesitate.
vulnerable
(Games) In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.
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  1. (Games) In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.
  2. Easily hurt, as by adverse criticism; sensitive
  3. Susceptible to emotional injury, especially in being easily hurt:
unstable
Not fixed, firm, or steady; easily upset or unbalanced
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  1. Not fixed, firm, or steady; easily upset or unbalanced
  2. Having a strong tendency to change.
  3. Not stable
precarious
Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
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  1. Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
  2. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:
  3. Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
unguarded
Displaying, having, or feeling no wariness; incautious:
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  1. Displaying, having, or feeling no wariness; incautious:
  2. Without guile or cunning; open
  3. Displaying a lack of caution or thought.
unprotected
Not protected; open to assault, injury, damage, or theft.
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  1. Not protected; open to assault, injury, damage, or theft.
  2. Without the protection of a condom
  3. Engaged in without taking precautions against the risk of pregnancy or infection by sexually transmitted disease.
unsafe
Not safe; dangerous.
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  1. Not safe; dangerous.
infirm
Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
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  1. Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
  2. Not stable, firm, or sound; frail; shaky, as a structure
  3. Not strong or stable; shaky:
precarious
Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
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  1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
  2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
  3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:
shaky
Nervous; Anxious.
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  1. Nervous; Anxious.
  2. Open to question or doubt:
  3. Not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady
unstable
Relating to an atom or chemical element that is likely to share electrons; reactive.
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  1. Relating to an atom or chemical element that is likely to share electrons; reactive.
  2. Not fixed, firm, or steady; easily upset or unbalanced
  3. Having a strong tendency to change.
unsteady
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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  1. Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
  2. Not even or regular; wavering:
  3. Not firm or stable; shaky
unsure
Uncertain of the facts.
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  1. Uncertain of the facts.
  2. Uncertain
  3. Precarious; unstable; unreliable.
weak
Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:
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  1. Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:
  2. Lacking aptitude or skill:
  3. Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing:
wobbly
Tending to wobble; unsteady.
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  1. Tending to wobble; unsteady.
  2. Inclined to wobble; shaky
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  • She was feeling insecure, and for good reason.

  • This bridge was found insecure and replaced in 1884-1887.

  • Is she insecure, too?

  • Most people wouldn't buy David Dean as an insecure guy.

  • After finding the right group of friends, Norah no longer felt insecure about her personality.

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