Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » insecure or unsecure http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Is that network insecure or unsecure? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/is-that-network-insecure-or-unsecure/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/is-that-network-insecure-or-unsecure/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:00:26 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/is-that-network-insecure-or-unsecure/ Which is correct?
The bottom line seems to be that you can’t browse securely on an ________ network.
a. insecure
b. unsecure


Answer: a.

Explanation:
According to most sources, unsecure is not a word. Describing a network as insecure makes it sound like it needs assertiveness training but that’s the form to use. Here’s a snapshot of usage online:

Google poll:
unsecure network: 47,500 hits
insecure network: 53,400
non-secure network: 621,000

Non-secure is the clear winner, although it’s not really a widely-accepted term. However, these things aren’t decided by Google poll — at least not yet — so use insecure.

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