unprotectedadjective
uk/ˌʌn.prəˈtek.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.prəˈtek.tɪd/not protected and therefore able to be harmed or damaged:
Water and other liquids can stain unprotected wood surfaces.
Although some marine mammals are protected by environmental laws, many remain unprotected.
The lack of a shell leaves the larvae unprotected against predators.
unprotected sex
sexual activity without a condom
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- frailty
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptibility
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unsteady
- wraith
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