The character is also a common literary allusion, particularly to refer to a person in an insecure position, something that, once broken, would be difficult to reconstruct, or a short and fat person.

Her insecure position there entailed that she had to work abroad for opera roles.

Japan's still insecure position in the Western scheme of things is touched on when three young men argue about politics.

And, from what I had heard, a fairly insecure economic position.

The Tower was an insecure defensive position, interlocked as it was with the other three Towers and the sniping positions on the roofs of the main buildings.

Now Gooden is embracing this insecure position because it is the only one available.

The emerging urban elite saw, who occupied an insecure position between plantation owners and slaves saw it as a way to improve their status.

This degree of happiness was supplied by Weng's mother, yet she must ever remain but a "secondary wife," with no rights and a very insecure position.

The Fascist government began its reign in an insecure position.

It causes uncertainty for the refugees in question, and uncertainty for society, because having residents with no rights in an insecure position is not good for any society.