unprotectedun‧pro‧tect‧ed /ˌʌnprəˈtektɪd◂/ adjective - An unprotected stove pipe should be at least 18 inches from an unprotected wall or ceiling.
- In the United States, volunteers are shooed away from spill cleanup, deemed too toxic for unprotected citizens.
- It turned out to have come in through the curved zip which is unprotected by a weather flap.
- Jonathon's eyes, unprotected, blinked on and off, unused to open air.
- Leave it too late and you may climb dangerously unprotected.
- Soon, she imagined, it would fall completely and leave her unprotected.
- The security chiefs agreed that their efforts at making schools safe still leave students unprotected on their way to and from school.
- This unprotected window provides an X-ray hazard.
► unprotected sex (=sex without a condom)
nounprotectionprotectorprotectionismprotectionistprotectivenessprotectorateadjectiveprotected ≠ unprotectedprotectiveprotectionistverbprotectadverbprotectively