unprotected

B2 Topic:War & Conflict
US /ˌənprəˈtɛktɪd/
adj Freq #18038

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.

    The dread of leaving his daughter deſolate and unprotected in a ſtrange country, had been ſo great, that he had denied himſelf even the few comforts he could have obtained, becauſe he deſired to reſerve the little money he had left to ſend her back to Warſaw, […].

  2. 2
    adj

    lacking protection or defense

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not protected; lacking... improtected
Opposites

Etymology

From un- + protected.

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