Embattled

a.	1.	Having indentations like a battlement.
	2.	(Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; - said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
	3.	Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.

Adj.	1.	embattled - beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor"
	2.	embattled - prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
	3.	embattled - having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" Synonyms: crenelate, crenelated, crenellate, crenellated, indented

insecure, unsafe