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unprotected

adj

Etymology

From un- + protected.

Definitions

  1. Not protected

    Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.

    • A well-gilt top to a book is a great preventive against damage by dust, while to leave books with rough tops and unprotected is sure to produce stains and dirty margins.
    • Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.

  2. simple past and past participle of unprotect

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unprotected. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unprotected02defence03danger04exposure05exposed

A definitional loop anchored at unprotected. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at unprotected

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA