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🏢 No alarm system 🙂 Not worried
unalarmed

unalarmed

4.2
Without a device that warns you of danger
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈlɑrmd/
translation icon : sin alarma
  • The warehouse was left unalarmed overnight, making it vulnerable to theft.

Examples

  • After the break-in, they decided not to leave the garage unalarmed again.

  • Many rural homes remain unalarmed because the crime rate is low in those areas.

  • The house was unalarmed during the night.

  • The unalarmed building stood quietly in the dark.

  • The warehouse was left unalarmed overnight, making it vulnerable to theft.

  • Many rural homes remain unalarmed because the crime rate is low in those areas.

  • After the break-in, they decided not to leave the garage unalarmed again.

Synonyms

unprotected
vsunalarmed
28 2.9

Not safe from harm

refers specifically to lacking an alarm device or alert system

How Protected

protected
1 2.0
unalarmed
4.2
unprotected
28 2.9

Surface Forms

unalarmed positive

Morphology

unalarmed = alarmed (semi-transparent) = un + alarm + ed

The structure un + alarmed is clear, but the equipment sense ('fitted with an alarm') is less familiar to many learners than the emotional sense.

Etymology

Unalarmed is made of un- ('not') and alarm, a word that comes from the old Italian shout all'arme meaning 'to the arms' or 'get ready to fight'. So, in the sense of a building, unalarmed means 'not having an alarm device' and therefore having no warning system.