nonsecure
adjective
(alsonon-secure)uk/ˌnɒn.sɪˈkjʊər/us/ˌnɑːn.səˈkjʊr/nonsecureadjective(NOT SAFE)
(of acomputerortelephoneconnection, etc.) notsafeorprotected, forexampleagainst someonestealinginformation:
Thecomputerwillsendyou awarningmessageif youconnectto a non-securenetwork.
You must neverspeakabout thismatteron a non-securetelephoneline.
- We will neveraskyou toprovidesensitiveinformationthrough a nonsecuremeans.
- Theinformationwas madepublicafter it had beentransmittedover a non-secureconnection.
Unsafe and insecure
- appealingly
- at stakeidiom
- be on the lineidiom
- day
- in the firing lineidiom
- indefensible
- insecure
- insecurely
- insecurity
- shaky
- sketchy
- someone's/something'sdays are numberedidiom
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- threatened
- tippy
- unbalanced
- unstable
- unsupervised
nonsecureadjective(NOT GUARDED)
A nonsecureplaceis one that it is notdifficulttoenterorleave:
She waslivingin a non-secure children'shome.
Moreofficerswerebroughtin topatrolthe nonsecureareas.
Opposite
secure
- He wassoontransferredfrom theprisonto a non-secureunit.
- After thetrial, she wassentto a nonsecureresidentialfacility.
Unsafe and insecure
- appealingly
- at stakeidiom
- be on the lineidiom
- day
- in the firing lineidiom
- indefensible
- insecure
- insecurely
- insecurity
- shaky
- sketchy
- someone's/something'sdays are numberedidiom
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- threatened
- tippy
- unbalanced
- unstable
- unsupervised