unjacketed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdʒækɪtɪd/
:
sin cubierta
- The unjacketed pipes outside were vulnerable to freezing temperatures in winter.
Examples
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Petroski calculated that "to shelve each book with its jacket requires an additional 2.5 percent of shelf space over what would be required to shelve unjacketed books."
Academic text (2015) -
Even if Colonel Gorgas and Colonel Rains had to load them with ordinary black powder and unjacketed lead bullets, they'd keep the AK-47s in action a while longer.
Fiction book (1992) -
The unjacketed wires posed a significant risk of electrical shock during installation.
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As she opened the box, she noticed several unjacketed books that were likely to get damaged.
Synonyms
28
2.9
Not safe from harm
1
6.6
Not covered or protected, for example a wire without a metal case
1
4.2
Without a thin layer of another material on it
1
5.5
Exposed to problems from outside without protection for people or things
A book without its dust jacket
Objects without a thin metal coating to protect them
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Not covered by clothes and showing skin
Antonyms
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unjacketed is made of un- meaning 'not' and jacket meaning 'a cover' or 'outer layer'. So unjacketed describes something that is not covered or protected by a jacket, like a bare wire or a bullet without a metal 'jacket'.