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0 pointsdave_universetf3y ago0 comments

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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doodlesdev3y ago

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?

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0 pointsdave_universetf3y ago0 comments

Google doesn't source its definition, but all reputable dictionaries I could find disagree:

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doodlesdev3y ago

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?

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