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Antonyms for unprotected


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pruh-tekt
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈtɛkt



Definition of unprotected

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin protectus, past participle of protegere "to protect, cover in front" (see protection). International economics sense from 1789. Related: Protected; protecting.
  • adj defenseless
Example sentences :
  • Did Phidias express no anxiety concerning your unprotected situation?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • You must always be a true knight for the persecuted and unprotected.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I ventured the unprotected name, and she took no notice of the liberty.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Expose thy naked and unprotected head to glut his vengeance.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • So helpless, so unprotected; so absolutely at his mercy because she loved the children.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • Nor, were she my wife, could I leave her behind and unprotected.
  • Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
  • As his body was unprotected, his sufferings must have been great; but his fortitude was superior to all.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The meeting of a thief with an unprotected lady, at night, in an inn on the plain!
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • The lip of the road, at this spot rotten and unprotected, gave way.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Unprotected, he felt the air explode from the groundcar, from his lungs.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay

Synonyms for unprotected

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