protractedness

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What awful woe of sudden unprotectedness when life exists only through protection—what piteous panic in the midst of black unmercifulness, inarticulate sound howsoever wildly shrill can neither explain nor express.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

"Sir Willoughby," Miss Dale said to her, "is always in alarm about our unprotectedness."

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

But the incident alarmed her, and caused her to realize yet more vividly than before the exceeding unprotectedness of her situation.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Every one is kind to John Evans, for there is that about him which must be loved; and his unprotectedness, his utter defencelessness, have an irresistible claim on every better feeling.

From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell