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un-protected
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unprotected
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defenseless |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, in the line of fire, indefensible, like a sitting duck, naked*, open, out on a limb, powerless, pregnable, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made public |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bare, bared, brought to light, caught, clear, debunked, defined, denuded, disclosed, discovered, divulged, dug up, evident, exhibited, for show, found out, laid bare, made manifest, manifest, naked, on display, on the spot, on view, open, peeled, resolved, revealed, shown, solved, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unhidden, unmasked, unprotected, unsealed, unsheltered, unveiled, visible |
| Antonyms: | concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | accessible, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| Main Entry: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, basket-case, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out, unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle, weak, with hands tied |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
| Main Entry: | insecure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, precarious |
| Synonyms: | defenseless, exposed, fluctuant, frail, hazardous, immature, insubstantial, loose, open to attack, perilous, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaky, unguarded, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unshielded, unsound, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, secure, sound |
| Main Entry: | naked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering |
| Synonyms: | au naturel, bald, bare, bare-skinned, bared, barren, defenseless, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, helpless, in birthday suit, in dishabille, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, leafless, natural, nude, open, peeled, raw, stark-naked, stripped, threadbare, unclad, unclothed, unconcealed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, unprotected, unveiled, vulnerable, without a stitch |
| Antonyms: | clothed |
| Main Entry: | unarmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disarmed |
| Synonyms: | exposed, hands tied, helpless, indefensible, like a sitting duck, naked*, open, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, unshielded, vulnerable, weaponless, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed |
| Synonyms: | bare, brought to light, caught, disclosed, discovered, divulged, dug up, found out, laid bare, made public, naked, nude, on display, on view, revealed, shown, solved, stripped, unconcealed, unmasked, unprotected, unveiled, visible, vulnerable, weakened |
| Main Entry: | vulnerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to attack |
| Synonyms: | accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, on the line, on the spot, out on a limb, ready, sensitive, sitting duck, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
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