unenclosed
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈkloʊzd/
- They decided to have their picnic in the unenclosed area beside the lake, where they could enjoy nature.
Examples
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Do you happen to have an unenclosed toilet in close proximity to a kitchen?
Fiction book (2001) -
To be an exciting adventure story, it must remain poised between enclosed and unenclosed space, between the unimproved wastes of England and the functional landscape of the commercial trade network.
Academic text (2007) -
Do you have an unenclosed toilet... in proximity to a kitchen?
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And at times like that I will think to myself: What the child needs is dirt, a ranch, a forest, some vast unenclosed space in which the child can exhaust himself and fall down and be spoken to by the wilderness.
Blog text (30) -
The crowding stemmed to some extent from the presence of unenclosed fields to the north and south of the city: many early factories were thus erected in the villages around the city rather than in it.
Academic text (1990) -
It must be noted that unenclosed landscapes and frontier spaces are vitally important to the adventure writer because without them, there can be no dangerous and exciting incidents.
Academic text (2007) -
When Joseph sets about wandering the English countryside, he travels through an ancient, unenclosed landscape that is presided over by local patriarchs, but the novel contains key reformative moments in which an enclosed national landscape is emergent.
Academic text (2007) -
In this unenclosed park, ponies, deer, and other animals run free, creating a lively atmosphere.
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The children played in the unenclosed backyard, enjoying the fresh air and sunshine.
Synonyms
An area not surrounded by a fence
Open to the outside without walls
Open without a gate so people or sound can pass freely
Without a screen that stops insects from entering
Open when it should be shut, like a window or envelope
Open and without a gate so people can enter easily
A door or gate that has no bars
Not blocked by a barrier and open for people or cars to pass through
Not closed or fastened so it is open
Without walls or edges, things move freely
A situation with no limits or boundaries
Antonyms
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unenclosed is made of un- meaning 'not' and enclose meaning 'to shut in', and you can see the same idea in the simple word close which means 'shut'. So unenclosed means 'not shut in', open or without a fence or barrier.