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insecure: lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"; lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"; not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the hinge is insecure"; not safe from attack

untrustworthy collapse: not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

self-conscious collapse: excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior; "self-conscious teenagers"; "wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it"; aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts; "self-conscious awareness"; "self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter

jealous collapse: suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover"

hazardous collapse: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

precarious collapse: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"; not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"; dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder"

dangerous collapse: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"; involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

treacherous collapse: dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

unhealthy collapse: not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"; not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

undependable collapse: liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization"

unreliable collapse: not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"; lacking a sense of responsibility

unpredictable collapse: unknown in advance; "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future"; not capable of being foretold

doubtful collapse: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"; open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney; unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions"

rocky collapse: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"; abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"; liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"

dubious collapse: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

slippery collapse: causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"; not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

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