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🛡️ Cannot be kept safe ⚖️ Not covered by law
unprotectable

unprotectable

8.1
Cannot stay safe from harm or attack
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnprəˈtɛktəbl/
translation icon : no protegible
  • The sensitive information shared online is unprotectable, making it vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Examples

  • In a digital age, some personal data is considered unprotectable against hacking threats.

  • Purely scientific data banks have become the mines for biodiversity prospectors, and publishing, traditionally the hallmark of academic success, has become a way to convey restricted (even sacred) information into the unprotectable public domain.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The old building was deemed unprotectable due to its deteriorating condition and lack of funding for repairs.

Synonyms

undefendable
vsunprotectable
1 7.4

Too weak to be protected from attack or criticism

is focused on physical safety and general inability to be kept safe
unguardable
vsunprotectable
1 8.2

A shot or play that defenders cannot stop in sports

applies more broadly to being unable to be kept safe from harm

Antonyms

defendable
3 4.6

Can resist attack or strong criticism

protectable
4.1

Someone can keep it safe from harm or damage

How Protectable

secure
  • Specialized
31 4.7
defensible
19 5.5
vulnerable
581 4.0
defenseless
  • US
77 3.5
unprotectable
8.1

Surface Forms

unprotectable positive

Morphology

unprotectable = protectable (transparent) = un + protect + able

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'protectable' (protect + -able), producing the straightforward meaning 'not capable of being protected'.

Etymology

The word unprotectable breaks into un- 'not', protect 'to keep safe', and -able 'can be'. So something unprotectable is 'not able to be kept safe', like a fragile old book or a stretch of coast that cannot be defended from damage.