un·pro·tec·ted

(ŭn′prə-tĕk′tĭd)

adj.

1. Not protected; open to assault, injury, damage, or theft.

2. Engaged in without taking precautions against the risk of pregnancy or infection by sexually transmitted disease.

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unprotected

(ˌʌnprəˈtɛktɪd)

adj

not protected or safe from trouble, harm, etc: an unprotected position.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

unprotected - lacking protection or defense

unsafe, insecure - lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"

vulnerable - susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"

protected - kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"

unprotected

adjective

1. vulnerable, helpless, defenceless, unarmed, unguarded, undefended, open to attack, pregnable an unprotected girl, going along that river walkway in the dark
vulnerable protected, safe, guarded, defended, secure, immune

2. exposed, naked, unshielded, open, unsheltered exposure of unprotected skin to the sun
exposed shielded

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unprotected

adjective

1. Devoid of help or protection:

defenseless, helpless.

2. Inadequately protected:

insecure, unguarded, unsafe.

3. Having no protecting or concealing cover:

exposed, open, uncovered.

Translations

nechráněný

ungeschützt

desprotegido

indifeso non protetto

onbeschermd

neprotejat

unprotected

[ˈʌnprəˈtektɪd] ADJ

1. (= defenceless) [person] → indefenso
to leave sth unprotected → dejar algo sin protección
to be unprotected by the law → no estar protegido por la ley

2. (= uncovered) [skin, eyes, plants] → sin protección
to be unprotected from the sun → no estar protegido del sol

3. unprotected sex; unprotected intercourse → relaciones fpl sexuales sin protección

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unprotected

[ˌʌnprəˈtɛktɪd] adj

(= defenceless) [person] → sans défense

(= exposed) [skin] → exposé(e)

(= undefended) [place] → sans protectionunprotected sex n → rapports mpl sexuels non protégés

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unprotected

adj → ohne Schutz, schutzlos; machine, skin, eyes → ungeschützt; (by insurance) → ohne Versicherungsschutz; (Mil) building etc → ungeschützt, ohne Deckung; unprotected by → nicht geschützt durch; to be unprotected from the sun → nicht vor der Sonne geschützt sein

unprotected

unprotected intercourse

n → ungeschützter Geschlechtsverkehr

unprotected sex

n → ungeschützter Sex

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unprotected

[ˌʌnprəˈtɛktɪd] adj (town) → indifeso/a; (house) → esposto/a, non riparato/a; (sex) → non protetto/a

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His father, Sforza, having been engaged by Queen Johanna[+] of Naples, left her unprotected, so that she was forced to throw herself into the arms of the King of Aragon, in order to save her kingdom.

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The fire from the vessels was most ineffectual, owing, as I afterward learned, to the unexpected suddenness of the first volley, which caught the ship's crews entirely unprepared and the sighting apparatus of the guns unprotected from the deadly aim of our warriors.

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When the lieutenant learned of the recent disappearance of the man he sought, he expressed his determination to push on at once in pursuit; and as Professor Maxon feared again to remain unprotected in the heart of the Bornean wilderness his entire party was taken aboard the cutter.

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So vicious was his onslaught that the poorly armed and unprotected burghers, unused to the stern game of war, fell like sheep before the iron men on their iron shod horses.

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The roads were bad, and people nearly all traveled on horseback and in company, for robbers lurked by the way ready to attack and kill, for the sake of their money, any who rode alone and unprotected. So when a man had to travel he tried to arrange to go in company with others.

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For a moment Sabor hung half across the branch, while Tarzan mocked, and hurled twigs and branches at her unprotected face.

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He simply turned about and ran with all his might through the gate and toward the royal palace, while General Jinjur and her mob flocked into the unprotected City.

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I could see them, simple, and scrupulous, worrying honestly about that unprotected big girl while looking at their own little girls playing on the sea- shore.

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We knew him in those unprotected days when we were content to hold in our hands our lives and our property.

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When you think of me at all, John, let it only be as the child you have seen grow up in the prison with one set of duties always occupying her; as a weak, retired, contented, unprotected girl.

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Alone, I should never have found the garden--except, perhaps, for the big yellow pumpkins that lay about unprotected by their withering vines--and I felt very little interest in it when I got there.

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She was horrified to think how near she had come to being guilty herself; she had been saved in the nick of time by a revival in the colored Methodist Church, a fortnight before, at which time and place she "got religion." The very next day after that gracious experience, while her change of style was fresh upon her and she was vain of her purified condition, her master left a couple dollars unprotected on his desk, and she happened upon that temptation when she was polishing around with a dustrag.

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