unscreenedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈskriːnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈskrind/ 1. Not protected or covered with a screen.
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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
1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1659) xxvi. 167 Their being expos'd (unskreen'd) to the Sun's refulgent beams.
1783 R. Graves Euphrosyne (ed. 3) II. 113 Yet in those eyes we see..(More bright un-screen'd) the pow'r..To make new conquests.
1801 Monthly Mag. 12 224 If I sit unscreened, with my back to the fire.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. vi. liv. 316 The little grey, desolate-looking hamlet, unscreened by sheltering trees.
1891 Nature 20 Aug. Similar actions on cometary matter, unscreened as it is by an absorptive atmosphere.
2.
a. Not passed through a screen; unsifted.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > uncleaned > uncleaned in other specific manner
ungarbled1439
unbrushenc1460
unscouredc1475
unswept1597
unscrapen1599
unwiped?1602
unswilled1645
unscraped1725
unmopped1775
unshovelled1828
unfurbished1829
unscavengered1846
unscreened1851
ill-scraped1858
unlicked1861
undusted1862
unbrushed1888
unscrubbedc1900
1851 W. Laxton Builder's Price Bk. 132 Gravel unscreened, 5s. 0d. Per cubic yard.
1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. (at cited word) Unscreened coal.
1900 Daily News 21 May 2/1 Unscreened town's refuse.
b. Not investigated or checked for security: see screen v. 11c.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > investigated, examined > not
unsoughta1400
unexamined1495
unlooked1517
unsearched1526
unransacked1529
unsurveyed1546
unsighted1584
unsoundedc1620
unreviewed1645
unpried into1647
unprobed?1691
unrummaged1715
uninvestigated1816
uninspected1858
unscreened1970
1970 R. Clapperton Victims Unknown xi. 101 I have been severely criticised..for authorising the employment on intelligence work of an unscreened individual.
1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xix. 748 The beady eye of Secret Service agents Ready and McLeod, who were not about to leave me to the mercy of unscreened foreigners.
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