unlocked

Examples

• All

• No, the front door was unlocked and we were like wow, small town people be wild.

  Molly Burke

• Well, he realized the next day that he left his truck unlocked as he does.

• The cage is unlocked but he likes it in there.

• And she had left her computer unlocked and it had all of her online passwords.

  ReasonTV

• It was still unlocked and on and hadn't died yet.

• THE DOOR'S ALREADY UNLOCKED.

  Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

• I LEAVE IT UNLOCKED.

  Home for the Holidays (1995)

• IT'S UNLOCKED.

  Cold Creek Manor (2003)

• The gate was left unlocked, allowing anyone to enter the yard.

• She felt relieved when she discovered that her car was still unlocked in the parking lot.

Synonyms

U

unsecured

vsunlocked

4 5.3

Not made safe, for example items not fastened or a computer without a password

focuses on absence of the specific device that prevents entry

U

unbolted

vsunlocked

1 3.4

Not fastened so a door or gate can open easily

points to lack of the specific device that prevents access rather than bolts

U

unlatched

vsunlocked

4.1

Not fastened so a door or window opens easily

highlights missing the specific entry-stopping device rather than general protection

U

unsealed

vsunlocked

3.1

Not closed or fastened so it is open

focuses on the missing closure that stops people from entering

U

unbarred

vsunlocked

5.8

A door or gate that has no bars

refers instead to lacking the closure device that prevents door opening

Compounds

A

achievement unlocked

• Jargon

4.9

A small message that appears when you finish a goal in a game

How Secure

impenetrable

19 7.3

secure

318 3.2

lockable

1 3.0

unlocked

1 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology