unarmored
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɑrmərd/
- US
- The team opted for an unarmored approach to transport their supplies, risking exposure to potential threats.
- unarmored Humvee
- unarmored car
- unarmored vehicles
Examples
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The more formidable vessel was the CSS Albemarle, an armored ram, which was more than a match for any of the unarmored Union gunboats the ram was designed to take on.
Blog text (26) -
But so we're in an unarmored, unmarked, marked keyword supercar.
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Often they considered unarmored and well as armored fighting, mounted as well as on foot.
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Previously, the standard procedure involved unarmored vehicles with unarmed escorts.
Academic text (2016) -
But there was plenty of threat in the creature's actions as it raised a double-pronged spear and aimed it at the unarmored princess.
Fiction book (1992) -
Quickly, the princess scrambled away as the unarmored halfling lunged between her and the horrible, devouring monster.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bad thing about the FBI technique is that it's best done when you're wearing body armor. The light is center mass, so for me it would attract bullets towards my most protected area. Unarmored, it's attracting bullets straight to your vitals.
Blog text (3) -
Militants abducted Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues on Sept. 26 as they drove in two unarmored cars through Kunar province, which borders Pakistan.
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The soldiers traveled in an unarmored vehicle, making them vulnerable to attacks.
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During the battle, the unarmored truck was easily targeted by enemy fire.
Synonyms
Not safe from harm
Not covered or protected, for example a wire without a metal case
Without a thin layer of another material on it
A thing without a cover that is exposed to harm
Has no protective cover, like wires or bullets
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Not covered by clothes and showing skin
A thing with no cover or lid that lets you see what is inside
Objects without a thin metal coating to protect them
Antonyms
How Armored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unarmored is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and armor meaning a 'protective covering', like the metal a knight wears. So unarmored means 'not protected by armor', which is why someone or something unarmored is open to harm.