unarmed

adjectivecommon in dialogue

United States//ˌʌnˈɑɹmd//

Defenceless and lacking weapons.

adjective

1
Defenceless and lacking weapons.
2
Defenceless and lacking weapons. Lacking both weapons and protective armour.
3
Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages.
An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.
4
obsoleteUnaided, as of the vision without a glass.
[…] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English armed English unarmed From un- + armed.

unanimous · Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.unannounced · Not announced beforehand.unanswered · That has not been answered or addressed.

unarmed · Defenceless and lacking weapons.

unattractive · Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.unauthorized · Not having any authority.unavailable · Not available.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.