Definitions
Without cover, guard, defense, or other protection.
Word origin
From un- + protected.
Used in a sentence
“A well-gilt top to a book is a great preventive against damage by dust, while to leave books with rough tops and unprotected is sure to produce stains and dirty margins.”
“I can't help you a cent. Life's hard enough nowadays for an unprotected male. Let alone a girl.”
“Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected / From enemies that whisper to the blood; / The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; / The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.”
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