unprotected

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The findings indicate that global vertebrate biodiversity may be far greater than current estimates, raising important questions about how many species remain undocumented and unprotected.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Experts say the trade thrived from the mid-1960s to the 1990s -- a period of instability that saw the anti-intellectual Khmer Rouge regime rise to power and left precious heritage unprotected.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

But public officials shouldn’t be left unprotected against physical danger simply for doing their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, spreads through unprotected sex, unsafe medical practices, infected blood transfusions, or from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Slash-and-burn minimizes the time in which the ground is unprotected.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann