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Synonyms for unassured

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-shoo rd, uh-shurd
Phonetic Transcription : əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd

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Définition of unassured

Origin :
  • of persons, "confident, self-assured," late 14c., past participle adjective from assure. Related: Assuredly; assuredness.
  • As in insecure : adj uncertain, worried
  • As in modest : adj shy
  • As in shy : adj quiet and self-conscious
  • As in timid : adj shy
  • As in undependable : adj irresponsible
  • As in unsure : adj doubtful, insecure
  • As in untrustworthy : adj not dependable, unfaithful
  • As in self-effacing : adj modest
  • As in demure : adj reserved, affected
  • As in diffident : adj hesitant; unconfident
  • As in dubious : adj doubtful
Example sentences :
  • Failure was instinct in her, in her faded colouring and eager, unassured manner.
  • Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane
  • When the answer came, it was strangely deprecatory, uncertain, unassured.
  • Extract from : « Vera » by Richard Harding Davis
  • If she were worth her salt she would have too much pride to be intimate with a youth in your unassured position, to say no worse.
  • Extract from : « Two on a Tower » by Thomas Hardy
  • The sun still shone in heaven, and still Edward's conquest was unassured.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It recalled to her the ways of his pathetic youth, his youth that obscurity made wild and shy and unassured.
  • Extract from : « The Divine Fire » by May Sinclair
  • But the four infants who were left would be burden enough for the mother in her unassured and unprotected state.
  • Extract from : « Royal Edinburgh » by Margaret Oliphant

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