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Antonyms for insured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-shoo rd, -shurd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈʃʊərd, -ˈʃɜrd



Definition of insured

Origin :
  • mid-15c., insuren, spelling variant of ensuren (see ensure). Took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" from mid-17c. (replacing assure in that meaning). Related: Insured; insuring.
  • adj safeguarded
Example sentences :
  • There were scores entered in the race, and that insured a good attendance at the event.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • The agility and bounds of the evening were insured only at a price like this.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • He meant to keep up her allowance, he said, and he had insured his life for her.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • "I would have insured her against even suspicion," he remarked.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Why, she went and insured all their lives aforehand, she did.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 » by Various
  • She resorted to a desperate measure, but it insured success.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • Familiarity, likewise, with the most elementary uses of mathematics should be insured.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • So he insured Love in Babylon for twenty pounds and despatched it.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • In the first place Henry Knight was insured for a couple of thousand pounds.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • Because,” I said, “if she is injured in any way—But perhaps she was insured?
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

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