[johnforbes]

INSECURE
1. Not sure or certain; doubtful: unemployed and facing an insecure future.
2. Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe: A shortage of military police made the air base insecure.
3. Not firm or fixed; unsteady: an insecure foothold.
4. a. Lacking stability; troubled: an insecure relationship.
b. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety: had always

UNSECURE

a. (of a loan, etc) secured only against general assets and not against a specific asset
b. (of a creditor) having no security against a specific asset and with a claim inferior to those of secure creditors
2. not made secure; loose

[namngulfvet]

Can someone who lives next door to Elk get a third grader to read this to him.

[elklindo69]

Third Wednesday: Insecure vs. Unsecure

It’s easy to make simple mistakes in word use. After all, in the English language so many words sound similar. However, the specific meaning of a word can completely change what we’re trying to express.

“County officials discovered over two hundred insecure voting machines only days before the election.”

Reading the above sentence, I got the mental image of a room full of voting machines whining that the crowds of people made them anxious about keeping an accurate tally of votes.

Insecure – not safe from danger; filled with anxieties, not confident, apprehensive; unreliable, not dependable.

Marlis’s demanding society-queen mother-in-law made her feel insecure no matter how appropriately the younger woman dressed.

Starting a new grade in a new school without the company of his buddies made Arnold feel insecure.

Unsecure – not made secure, not firmly in place; not guaranteed by collateral.

Only after he climbed atop the shelves and discovered they wobbled wildly did Roger realize they were unsecure.

Until you spin the dial on a closed Diebold safe, the contents you want to protect remain unsecure.



Here’s another look at Insecure and Unsecure.

Wrong:

The baseball game was an insecure meeting place for the police commissioner and the mob boss.

Any writer would be unsecure after reading the scathing review just published by the Piccolo Post.

Right:

It was evident that Marvin felt insecure about making the presentation to the company president.

Although he labored to prevent anyone without authority catching a glimpse of the classified documents, he left them unsecured on his desk when he fell asleep in the break room.

Being insecure about his capabilities placed Marvin in the unsecure position of pleading to keep his job after the debacle.



Need a memory trick to distinguish these words? If it’s all about the feeling, it’s “in” the person’s psyche.

[johnforbes]

Both words are totally correct to describe Hillary's server, which she repeatedly told lies about.

Come on, Elkin, don't continue making a fool of yourself.

[RealJustme]

Insecure means either lacking self-confidence or lacking security. Why wouldn't that apply to Hillary's bathroom server? Tell us Elk?

[elklindo69]

Both words are totally correct to describe Hillary's server, which she repeatedly told lies about.

Come on, Elkin, don't continue making a fool of yourself.

Johnnie...you remind me of someone who once said that all beer tastes the same.

Obviously you don't understand the nuances of the English language. But that doesn't surprise me.

Second of all, a server doesn't get "bleached." A server is a computer program that moves data. The Bleachbit that you have been referring to is a computer program used to optimize disk space on a hard drive, where the emails were actually located.

[RealJustme]

Second of all, a server doesn't get "bleached.

Hillary's did.

[johnforbes]

Elkin, it is you who doesn't understand the nuances of English.

The reason a dictionary will give first, second, third, etc meanings and uses is because there are often different proper ways a given word may be used.

That is one reason why English is relatively difficult to master.

Hillary's server was unsecured, and it was insecure, and she did bleach it because one meaning of "bleach" is to sanitize.

Why do you think they called it BleachBit in the first place?

[elklindo69]

Elkin, it is you who doesn't understand the nuances of English.

The reason a dictionary will give first, second, third, etc meanings and uses is because there are often different proper ways a given word may be used.

That is one reason why English is relatively difficult to master.

Hillary's server was unsecured, and it was insecure, and she did bleach it because one meaning of "bleach" is to sanitize.

Why do you think they called it BleachBit in the first place?

Third Wednesday: Insecure vs. Unsecure

It’s easy to make simple mistakes in word use. After all, in the English language so many words sound similar. However, the specific meaning of a word can completely change what we’re trying to express.

“County officials discovered over two hundred insecure voting machines only days before the election.”

Reading the above sentence, I got the mental image of a room full of voting machines whining that the crowds of people made them anxious about keeping an accurate tally of votes.

Insecure – not safe from danger; filled with anxieties, not confident, apprehensive; unreliable, not dependable.

Marlis’s demanding society-queen mother-in-law made her feel insecure no matter how appropriately the younger woman dressed.

Starting a new grade in a new school without the company of his buddies made Arnold feel insecure.

Unsecure – not made secure, not firmly in place; not guaranteed by collateral.

Only after he climbed atop the shelves and discovered they wobbled wildly did Roger realize they were unsecure.

Until you spin the dial on a closed Diebold safe, the contents you want to protect remain unsecure.



Here’s another look at Insecure and Unsecure.

Wrong:

The baseball game was an insecure meeting place for the police commissioner and the mob boss.

Any writer would be unsecure after reading the scathing review just published by the Piccolo Post.

Right:

It was evident that Marvin felt insecure about making the presentation to the company president.

Although he labored to prevent anyone without authority catching a glimpse of the classified documents, he left them unsecured on his desk when he fell asleep in the break room.

Being insecure about his capabilities placed Marvin in the unsecure position of pleading to keep his job after the debacle.



Need a memory trick to distinguish these words? If it’s all about the feeling, it’s “in” the person’s psyche.

[johnforbes]

Elkin, you don't understand the nuances of English.

The reason a dictionary will give first, second, third, etc meanings and uses is because there are often different proper ways a given word may be used.

That is one reason why English is relatively difficult to master.

And perhaps that is why Elkin never mastered it.

Hillary's server was unsecured, and it was insecure, and she did bleach it because one meaning of "bleach" is to sanitize.

Why do you think they called it BleachBit in the first place?