unprotected
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.
adjective
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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, […]
A well-gilt top to a book is a great preventive against damage by dust, while to leave books with rough tops and unprotected is sure to produce stains and dirty margins.
I can't help you a cent. Life's hard enough nowadays for an unprotected male. Let alone a girl.
Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected / From enemies that whisper to the blood; / The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; / The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.
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 protected English unprotected From un- + protected.
verb
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Also a form of unprotectsimple past and past participle of unprotect
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Forms
- comparative
- more unprotected
- superlative
- most unprotected
unprotected · Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.
unravel · To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to…unreal · Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in…unreasonable · Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.