unprotected
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˌʌnprəˈtɛktɪd/
:
desprotegido
- I don't want to leave you unprotected.
- unprotected intercourse
- unprotected sex
- unprotected anal
vendors, people who were unprotected against exploitive labour practices.
- vendors, people who were unprotected against exploitive labour practices.
- You don't go out there and have sex unprotected.
- I'm invincible Ryan, I can have unprotected sex with anyone and not get COVID.
- Just a couple days ago, you wrote a piece that was called titled What Happens Where Free Speech Is Unprotected.
- We then find that we're having teens who then don't know how to protect themselves and either have sex that was unwanted or sex that was unprotected.
- There's a lot of people who don't have sex unprotected and then things happen, right?
- And if you're going in unprotected, you know, as the Ndes would would kind of hint at you can be deceived.
Examples
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Many middle-class Brazilians felt insecure, unprotected, and threatened by these newly empowered children.
Academic text (1997) -
What makes you think I would leave him unprotected?
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Her heart turned to see him, so unprotected among the other warriors.
Fiction book (1993) -
Life could become unbearable for an unprotected woman, especially a young one.
Fiction book (2001) -
This way you won't be the only unprotected family in the neighbourhood.
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And this obsession with spending at the border, as the chairwoman mentioned, has left the country unprotected elsewhere.
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Leaving the windows open all night made the house feel unprotected from the storm.
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The campsite was in a remote area, and I felt unprotected without any nearby help.
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Children playing near the busy road are often unprotected from potential accidents.
Synonyms
77
3.5
Without protection and easy to hurt
23
3.5
Not safe and likely to be damaged, like a building or job
8
5.1
Not careful about what you say or do, so you reveal more than you want
4
5.3
Not made safe, for example items not fastened or a computer without a password
3
6.0
Not protected from attack or criticism
1
6.6
Not covered or protected, for example a wire without a metal case
1
5.1
Not protected from danger or unwanted entry
1
3.4
Not protected from danger or bad weather
Not protected and open to danger
Antonyms
How Protected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unprotected is made of un-, meaning 'not', and protect, a part that comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to cover' or 'to shield'. So unprotected means 'not covered or shielded', and it describes people, animals, or things that have no defense against harm.