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unwalled

unwalled

1 4.9
Open to the outside without walls
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwɔld/
: sin muros
  • It shall also come to pass that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;

Examples

  • Ezekiel 38:11—and say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates.'

    Blog text (28)
  • On the agehu itself, a small unwalled house is occasionally built.

    Academic text (1994)
  • 11 You will say, 'Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages!

    Blog text (24)
  • Lucian made out a pleasant-looking, unwalled town, some tree-lined avenues, and a large stone building overlooking all.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Hebrew slaves were to be set free; lands and houses in the open country or in unwalled towns that had been sold were to revert to their former owners or their heirs.

    Academic text (1997)
  • No "unwalled villages" there for sure, as they are a colonizing entity that doesn't want any resistance to their incremental genocide against the Palestinian people.

    Blog text (28)
  • The children played freely in the unwalled garden, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air.

  • In the unwalled city, people mingled openly in the streets without fear of barriers.

  • After years of conflict, the villagers finally returned to their unwalled community, eager to rebuild their lives.

Synonyms

unfortified
vsunwalled
1 5.8

Has no protection by walls or added vitamins

is simply without walls, not necessarily about defence or protection
unenclosed
vsunwalled
1 5.5

An open space that has no fence or wall around it

is lacking surrounding walls specifically rather than any enclosure

Antonyms

25 2.3

Surrounded by walls, like a city or garden

How Walled

fortified
27 5.1
walled
25 2.3
enclosed
50 3.5
unwalled
1 4.9
open
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unwalled positive

Morphology

unwalled = walled (transparent) = un + wall + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'walled', producing the straightforward meaning 'not enclosed by walls'.

Etymology

Unwalled comes from the part un- meaning 'not' and wall meaning a strong barrier, so it means 'not surrounded by walls'. Think of a town or garden with no walls around it, open and easy to enter, and that's why unwalled describes a place without walls.