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Meanings of unprotected in English

Lacking protection or defense.

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        Antarctica's Ross Sea looks set to remain unprotected for the foreseeable future.
        Radio NZ
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        But such services are often unprotected from neighboring systems on local networks.
        Reuters
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        The energy levels contained within would prove fatal for any unprotected building.
        The Naked God
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        I am not entirely unprotected.' And she gestured, waving her hand forward.
        Assail
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        The consequences of lying in the road, friendless and unprotected, were sure.
        Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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        If anything ever happened to him, Erasmus would be completely unprotected, vulnerable.
        Mentats of Dune
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        Well, there's more danger in leaving your machine unprotected than your network.
        Wired
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        Without them, Dorian felt that he and his building were completely unprotected.
        A Confederacy of Dunces
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        Guatemala Bay is being systematically contaminated, and the otters are left unprotected.
        First degree
        10
        Away to the unprotected Union rear ride the wild troopers of Wheeler.
        The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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        On nearing the mountain-barrier, Massena searched in vain for an unprotected point.
        A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878
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        Melissa was completely unprotected; she did not even have her knife anymore.
        Dreamsnake
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        Some gay men who have unprotected anal intercourse avoid ejaculation-they practise 'withdrawal'.
        Pubmed
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        And she remembered the wraps of the Ladies, up-stairs, alone and unprotected.
        Prudence of the Parsonage
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        The nurses say they feel underpaid, under-appreciated and unprotected in the Philippines.
        Reuters
        16
        The state of a widow is always an afflictive and unprotected one.
        Italian Letters, Vols. I and II; Or, The History of the Count de...
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