undefendableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈfendable.

1. Of a place: that cannot be defended.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > capable of being defended > not

indefensible1569

untenablea1671

unmaintainable1701

undefendable1931

1931 W. S. Churchill World Crisis V. viii. 126 Belgrade, the capital, stood actually upon the Danube at the frontier and was undefendable.

2. Of a person: = defenceless adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unprotected

nakedeOE

openeOE

yemelesc897

bare1297

unarmed1297

berghlessa1325

subjectc1384

undefensablec1412

unfencible1513

defenceless1532

wide open?1544

undefended1564

unfended1576

indefensive1586

undefensive1587

fenceless1594

unprotected1597

undefensible1616

unscreened1648

defendless1738

uncovereda1795

screenless1837

undefendable1938

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. vi. 109 Her tears were like a flag lowered at once: she felt herself to be undefendable.

1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 114 I never felt so undefendable and I didn't even know who you were.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	undefendable
释义	undefendableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈfendable. 1. Of a place: that cannot be defended. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > capable of being defended > not indefensible1569 untenablea1671 unmaintainable1701 undefendable1931 1931 W. S. Churchill World Crisis V. viii. 126 Belgrade, the capital, stood actually upon the Danube at the frontier and was undefendable. 2. Of a person: = defenceless adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unprotected nakedeOE openeOE yemelesc897 bare1297 unarmed1297 berghlessa1325 subjectc1384 undefensablec1412 unfencible1513 defenceless1532 wide open?1544 undefended1564 unfended1576 indefensive1586 undefensive1587 fenceless1594 unprotected1597 undefensible1616 unscreened1648 defendless1738 uncovereda1795 screenless1837 undefendable1938 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. vi. 109 Her tears were like a flag lowered at once: she felt herself to be undefendable. 1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 114 I never felt so undefendable and I didn't even know who you were. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1931
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