undefended

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Mr Trudeau has dismissed calls to close the crossing, suggesting it would be futile given the thousands of kilometers of undefended border with the US and that migrants would dangerously attempt to cross elsewhere.

From BBC

The Sir Galahad was an undefended Royal Fleet Auxiliary supply vessel and not an armed Royal Navy ship.

From BBC

Western governments have been wary of leaving their own countries undefended by giving away too much equipment.

From Reuters

In 1941, Wales became a major battleground, not only because of the industrial targets along the Bristol Channel, but because of the undefended route it offered to the north-west of England.

From BBC

As the martian interior cooled, leading theories hold, its magnetic field died out, leaving the atmosphere undefended and ending this warm and wet period, when the planet might have hosted life.

From Science Magazine