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| Main Entry: |
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: | at risk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | at hazard, endangered, exposed, imperiled, in jeopardy, in peril, jeopardized, susceptible, threatened, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | sitting duck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy target |
| Synonyms: | babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, easy victim, lamb, pushover, sinecure, soft touch, toast, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | threatened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | endangered |
| Synonyms: | exposed, imperiled, in danger, jeopardized, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable, warned |
| Antonyms: | invulnerable, protected, safe |
| Main Entry: | undefended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprotected |
| Synonyms: | assailable, defenseless, endangered, exposed, undefendable, unguarded, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | defended, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | unsheltered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprotected |
| Synonyms: | exposed, uncovered, unsafe, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | weakened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injured |
| Synonyms: | damaged, disabled, fragile, handicapped, hurt, impaired, limp, sickly, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | firm, strong |
| Main Entry: | jeopardous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, hazardous, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, parlous, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, venturesome, venturous, viperous, vulnerable, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parlous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, hazardous, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, venturesome, venturous, viperous, vulnerable, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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