unprotected

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Etymology 1

un- +‎ protected

Adjective

unprotected (comparative more unprotected, superlative most unprotected)

  1. Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.
    • 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter II, in The Banished Man. , volume II, London: T Cadell, Jun. and W Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell) , →OCLC, page 45:
      The dread of leaving his daughter deſolate and unprotected in a ſtrange country, had been ſo great, that he had denied himſelf even the few comforts he could have obtained, becauſe he deſired to reſerve the little money he had left to ſend her back to Warſaw, […]
    • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 35:
      A well-gilt top to a book is a great preventive against damage by dust, while to leave books with rough tops and unprotected is sure to produce stains and dirty margins.
    • 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Prognosis”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 5:
      Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected
      From enemies that whisper to the blood;
      The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected;
      The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.
    • 1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:
      The level crossings at Stretton and at the point where the A.L.R. crosses the main road south of Stretton are provided with gates; other crossings are unprotected, save for cattle-guards.
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Etymology 2

unprotect +‎ -ed

Verb

unprotected

  1. simple past and past participle of unprotect
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