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by dave_universetf 1356 days ago
Google doesn't source its definition, but all reputable dictionaries I could find disagree:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insecure definition 3, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/insecure definition 2, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/insecur... definition 2, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis... definition 2

Dictionaries have also by and large given up on prescriptivism. The correct use of language is the way language is being used, with dictionaries trailing and recording consensus reality, not defining it.

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Google's dictionary is sourced from Oxford Languages, at least for the English dictionary [0][1].

[0]: https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/ [1]: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/10106608?