unfortified
adjective
un·for·ti·fied
ˌən-ˈfȯr-tə-ˌfīd 
: not strengthened or enriched : not fortified
… a heart unfortified, a mind impatient …—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespearean unfortified boundary
unfortified wine
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The review authors said this could mean mushrooms may be the only non-animal, unfortified source of vitamin D.22
A downside?
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
Imagine pirates, centuries ago, trolling along the coast looking for church spires marking unfortified villages.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
In recent school mass shootings, unlocked or unfortified doors have been a recurring problem.
—Kandis Mascall, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2023
But older buildings are under no mandate to put these measures in place, which leaves 96.5 percent of them in the current floodplain unfortified.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
But the villages that sprang up along the rivers were makeshift affairs of brick and mud, sprawling and unfortified.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021
As the demand for port wines has decreased, the interest among the growers to make dry unfortified wines have increased.
—Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
Sancerre is another Loire Valley sauvignon blanc style, but that word is sneakily similar to Sauternes (the sublime, unfortified sweet wine from Bordeaux) and Savennieres (nested in Vouvray and made with chenin blanc).
—Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
Health Editorial Team, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
Imagine pirates, centuries ago, trolling along the coast looking for church spires marking unfortified villages.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
In recent school mass shootings, unlocked or unfortified doors have been a recurring problem.
—Kandis Mascall, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2023
But older buildings are under no mandate to put these measures in place, which leaves 96.5 percent of them in the current floodplain unfortified.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
But the villages that sprang up along the rivers were makeshift affairs of brick and mud, sprawling and unfortified.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021
As the demand for port wines has decreased, the interest among the growers to make dry unfortified wines have increased.
—Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
Sancerre is another Loire Valley sauvignon blanc style, but that word is sneakily similar to Sauternes (the sublime, unfortified sweet wine from Bordeaux) and Savennieres (nested in Vouvray and made with chenin blanc).
—Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
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“Unfortified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfortified. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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