unfenced

Examples

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• Before we began coming to Lucas Park early last summer, we played in my yard, an unfenced acre lot in a working-class suburb on the edge of town.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The hikers chose a trail that led to an unfenced area, where they could admire the natural scenery.

• Then we came to the unfenced edge and a dirt road I often took.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Something to remember, though, is that we recommend that the dog not be let out in an unfenced yard without supervision, even if she has been boundary-trained.

  Blog text (14)

• But the answer is tentative because replicated predator manipulation studies in large unfenced areas are still badly needed, and their predictions need to be tested rigorously.

  Academic text (1996)

• The children played freely in the large, unfenced field behind the school.

• During the summer, many animals roam the unfenced pastures near our home.

Synonyms

U

unenclosed

vsunfenced

1 5.5

An open space that has no fence or wall around it

is more specific, indicating absence of a particular physical barrier

F

fenceless

vsunfenced

4.1

A place with no fence around it

is the same meaning but uses a different negative word form

U

unhedged

vsunfenced

7.0

A garden or field without a line of bushes for a border

focuses on absence of a built barrier instead of a natural plant boundary

U

unbarricaded

vsunfenced

7.0

Not blocked by a barrier and open for people or cars to pass through

implies only missing a passive boundary without stressing vulnerability or protection

U

unconfined

vsunfenced

4.7

Without walls or edges, things move freely

refers specifically to lack of a physical enclosing boundary rather than abstract freedom

How Enclosed

walled

7 2.3

enclosed

1 3.5

unfenced

1 5.3

open

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology